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newly elected president obama faced the american people and i said, look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are hae here to collect. >> romney's big win in florida definitely cat at that pults it into a hefty lead in the count. he now has an estimated 84 delegates, more than three times the number collected by gingrich. santorum and paul, once again, left in the dust. gingrich says it's a two-man race now. >> we are going to contest everyplace and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. ...

Primaries coming up. >> "the washington post" had an article asking what happens now? because clearly what you saw with the iowa results is that therery aa lot of people who still can't say romney is my guy. so what's going to happen going into new hampshire? he has the lead there but what happens next? >> those buttons that say "abr," anybody but romney. he's clean-cut, he's got the family, he just doesn't have that ground swell of base support. but he does have this. he's got his words and he's good with them. and several of the contenders last night had something to say before they ended up...

>> and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. >> it's been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleigh's been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. >> like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been here. in fact, i'm still wondering if they're putting their shoes back on. i saw wolf, john king, g...

About the additional coverage you may need. ♪ today's iowa poll brought good news for ron paul's campaign. he's virtually neck and neck with mitt romney. paul doesn't hit the campaign in iowa until this afternoon with events planned in le mars, sioux city and siuox center. tell us what's going on with the paul campaign today. >> the paul campaign's reaction to the poll is they believe that their base support is solid. and they are counting on

Trying to figure out how to connect with the american people on issues and ideas. and that is what they want. >>clayton: what do you see in this, mike? is it saying they are still locking for the right candidate? >>guest: a base that support romney and the rest of republicans who are not sure what to vote for. so, the race shows romney slow and steady, who is moving on, hasn't built a base support and the other candidates would have popped up in the polls, they get just any, they blow up, and they disappear. >>clayton: gingrich has resurge abc but can he overcome the baggage? >>guest: length -...