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Front-runner now? >> oh, i don't know. 40% or more. i -- i don't think romney did that well in iowa last night. he did six votes fewer than he did last time around, and he virtually tied with an unknown, santorum, and with ron paul who has his vote and is going to stick with it. i think the game is really up here in new hampshire. i heard what rick santorum said earlier and what ralph reed are said, and i really think that this is a fight for second place in new hampshire, and i think it's tougher for santorum than it is for the others because the base was good for him out in socially conserva...

End up being fred tompson, a spoiler role, taking some of the vote up here and denying santorum or a newt comeback. >> a lot of it, as you indicate, depends what santorum does in new hampshire. i think if he were to finnish the top three he could come to south carolina with a head of steam. romney, of course, is thrilled to hear that perry's staying in because he's hoping that perry plays the thompson role, the spoiler, particularly in greenville and spartanburg, around bob jones university, strong baptist area. this is where thompson took the votes that really prevented huckabee from getting ...

Santorum. >> that vote basically was sloshing around, looking for somebody, various people had their moment in the sun and in the end santorum surged at right time. the second thing you see, this will have real impact when you get to new hampshire, is you look in here, where romney does well in the area of des moines, okay, particularly west des moines. >> suburbs here. >> right. i was at a precinct 223 in west des moines last night. in that one caucus, romney got 80 votes, santorum got 45, paul got 36, newt got 22. >> there's your difference. >> there's your difference. so when you get to new...

presidential race moved into new hampshire today and became a ground war. newt gingrich arrived this morning, a fourth-place finnish iowa, opened fire on the iowa winner, mitt romney. >> i find it amazing the news media continues to say he's the most electable republican when he can't even break out in his own party. i don't think -- he'll do fairly well here. this one of his three best states. but the fact is that governor romney, in the end, has a limited appeal in a conservative party. >> instead of striking back at gingrich, romney arrived in new hampshire celebrated the endorsem...