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Dream scenario. >> let's listen in. >> good evening, everyone. what a night. thanks for think hanging in there. i am matt strong, chairman of the republican party. i am excited that ira republican his a record turnout for the 2012 republican iowa caucuses with twenty 122,255 iowans, turt to vote as republicans to start the process to replace barack obama. i want to thank all of my staff. i want to thank the volunteers because the precinct leaders, the 1774 leaders were all volunteer, giving of their time. a couple of those, we had to chase down here in the wee hours to get the final precincts ...

It was about incredible spending increases we've seen in washington and how we get our arms around the $15 trillion in national debt aaccumulated. iowans understand, at the end of the day more debt we have the more it chokes private sector investment. even though iowa is doing well relative to the rest of the country, agriculture is still going strong, there are looming financial obligations that quite frankly we've seen the president kick the can down the road and we're looking for bold leadership and i think we'll end up with great leadership coming out of the caucus process and going into t...

>> and, right now, here is the announcement. >> what a night. thanks for hanging in there with us. first and foremost, i'm chairman of the republican party here in iowa. even at this late hour that i'm excited about, is that either of the republicans had a record turn out for the 2012 iowa can cusses with 122,255 iowans turning out to vote. and i want to thank all of my staff. i want to thank the volunteers because, remember, the precinct leaders were all giving up their time. the good news is we're able to verify the vote reports tonight. the great thing about the caucus process, every step o...

Process. it is continuing. it is longer. [chuckles] >> look back at the night. put it in perspective, while we wait for 15 seconds. >> i will make a point, can't believe bill kristol didn't make. in this kind of chaos, out of the early states, creating an opening for yet another late entry into the race, member to come out of the blue, a mitch daniels, a sarah palin, a mike huckabee, people who have given a look at the race and decided they weren't interested, to take another look, if there is chaos, if it looks like we are going to be heading to a republican convention, where there could be a...

Romney organization, though it is far superior. they believe that the bounce that santorum got here will make him almost immediately competitive. and there is a certain cantankerous think about the granite state, first in the nation voters. they love to turn on the winners in iowa. because mitt romney has been the favorite for 4 1/2, 5 years, there is a distinct possibility that the new-guy effect will really benefit rick santorum and you could see a big turn. and in new hampshire, they're independents. it's an open primary, so they can participate. the caucus process allows independents to re...