Iowa Caucus: With Nearly Half of the Votes in, Santorum Keeps Pace with Romney

The more conservative the candidate the better the chance for the GOP to beat Obama in a landslide. Romney will lose against Obama, because the conservatives will be turned off by him.

But as much as I like Santorum, nobody saw this coming.

With 47% of the vote in:

Rick Santorum 13,339 25%

Mitt Romney 13,011 24%

Ron Paul 11,972 22%

Newt Gingrich 7,248 14%

Rick Perry 5,544 11%

Michele Bachmann 3,065 6%

Jon Huntsman 308 <1%

Herman Cain 23 <1%

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