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rose: we begin tonight with politics, and the republican presidential race and the dramatic results inçó, on tuesday evening the long time front runner mitt romney beat the late surging rick santorum by just eight votes. fon paul finished third and wasr santorum who was polling in single digits very recently an it was the end of the road for michele bachmann, sh dropped out of the race today after placing sixth on tuday. >> last night the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so i have decided to stand aside, and i believe that if we are going to repeal obama care, turn our country around and take back our country, we must do so ited, and believe that we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard bearer. >> rose: now turns to new hampshire and south carolina which vote next, mitt romney commands a comfortable need the granite he statement and added john mccain who twice won the primary in new hampshire. >> i am really here for one reason and one reason only, and that is to make sure that we make mitt romney the next pr