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Tonight is the first multi-state night in the clown race we call the GOP nomination contest, with caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, and a non-binding beauty contest in Missouri.
Results: CNN (CO, MO, MN) | Google (CO, MO, MN)
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:48 PM PT (David Nir): Ha ha!
How bad was Romney's night? His press bus took out a traffic sign in the parking lot. Filling out police report now. #2012
— @sppeoples via Twitter for Android
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:51 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Fox just threw in the towel on their live coverage. Brett Bair's final words before signing off: "Good night for Rick Santorum." Left unsaid, for Mitt Romney: Complete. Fucking. Disaster.
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:52 PM PT (Steve Singiser): The Colorado GOP is now reporting 45 percent of precincts reporting. The margin is negligible between the two leaders, but various Twitterers through the night have stated that Santorum racked up a big edge in El Paso County (Colorado Springs). If true, the math for Romney gets a lot tougher, unless he cleaned house in Weld County.
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:53 PM PT (David Nir): JeffCo numbers: in '08, Romney got 4,999 votes (65%). This year, 2,896 votes (39% to 36% for Santorum).
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:54 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray):
R's write off abysmal turnouts by saying anti-Obama sentiment will drive GOP turnout in fall. Doesn't say a lot for their candidates.
— @davidaxelrod via Twitter for iPhone
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:54 PM PT (Steve Singiser): Romney gets a sizeable edge in suburban Denver's Arapahoe County, giving him a boost of about 700 votes. He leads by about 200 votes, but El Paso County still looms on the horizon.
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:55 PM PT (David Nir): Minnesota 2008 GOP caucus turnout: 63K. Tonight, unless there are some very big precincts left, looking like roughly 53K.
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 9:57 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray):
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 10:03 PM PT: And it's official, Santorum wins Colorado, according to the state GOP chair. This is going to be AWESOME!
Tue Feb 07, 2012 at 10:16 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray):
Rick Santorum has now won more states than Romney has and spent 30 million less doing it.
— @IowaGOPer via web