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the real winner in the caucuses, though it may have certainly been rick santorum who truly, within eight votes just missed the top spot. take a look at those numbers on your leaderboard. it's just absolutely miraculous. the closest iowa caucus vote in history. the top four, mitt romney, santorum, ron paul and newt gingrich. >> and it didn't become official until about 2:30 eastern time this morning if you were watching. so we have romney congratulating santorum. and he says that he and santorum are actually both winners. and both candidates are looking forward now to new hampshire, t...

When you compare it to his 2008 totals, not only did he lose ground on the map, romney didn't win them this year. he did well in the cities especially des moines. what's extraordinary is his vote total is less than it was four years ago. now, he's going into new hampshire. new hampshire is near hometown territory for romney. it's not going to be nearly as friendly for santorum. that 75% of the republican field that wants someone other than romney, that still exists. assuming rick perry gets out, it will be interesting how that vote coalesces. michele bachmann, she didn't get out last night, bu...