>>> mitt romney is with us now from des moines , fresh off his narrow victory in iowa . governor, good morning, nice to see you.
>> thanks, matt, good to be with you.
>> you didn't spend an awful lot of time in iowa , not until the late going. did you exceed expectations or more disappointed you didn't walk out of the state with a decisive victory .
>> i'm delighted. a few weeks ago we were behind in the polls, able to do pretty darned well last night and i've been building a national campaign and making campaign appearances in states coming up down the road. i want to make sure this is not just a one state send-off but instead we're able to get the delegates we need to get the nomination so it's a long road ahead. i'm hoping to do well but it felt very, very good last night when the final numbers came in.
>> you came in second in iowa , back in 2008 , you've been campaigning for four more years and walk out of the state with just 66 more votes than you got in 2008 and here comes that number again, governor romney, 25%, you can't seem to break it. i'm a golfer. i equate it to a good golfer who can't seem to break 80. is it frustrating to you?
>> no, we've got a field of seven viable candidates right now so it's just mathematically almost impossible to do a lot better than that. i look back to 1980 as well. ronald reagan got 29% of the votes and ultimately he was able to become our nominee. it's going to narrow down and when we get down to a smaller number of candidates, somebody's going to get the 50.1% they need to be the nominee.
>> you congratulated rick rick santorum because of his strong support. because of the support he's receiving, 25% in the state he does shine a spotlight on what political observers say is your achilles heel , the conservative voters are not completely comfortable with your record as a conservative. how do you convince them down the road you are a guy who can uphold their conservative principles?
>> well i think people are going to take a look at my record. they'll also remember i ran for president four years ago and mike huckabee and i were the two conservatives battling in the race and take a look at my book and the believes i have. people get judged by their entire life experience. i understand that and i know there will be a lot of attacks. i got a pretty big target on myself, i got broad shoulders. if people support me, that would be great, if they don't that's all right as well.
>> congress ron paul , 21.4% of the support in iowa . what impact does he have on the race as you move to new hampshire and beyond?
>> i think ron paul continues to have a strong message. he indicates he's got more than just a 10% group following him. a number of folks who were drawn by his convictions. look, i vehemently disagree with his foreign policy prescriptions but understand that some people have a different view and i'll look forward to carrying our message down the road. i can't tell exactly how it's going to work out but now you've got three people battling for the top spot.
>> newt gingrich "he's not telling the american people the truth. it's just like his pretense that he's a conservative. i think he ought to be honest to the american people and try to win as the real mitt romney ." he plans to stay in the race almost as a front line blocker to help separate the vote and support between you and rick rick santorum . how do you respond to that?
>> you know, i understand the speaker is pretty disappointed. he was well in the lead nationally and way in the lead here in iowa , and finished in fourth spot and i can understand that disappointment and i also understand he'll get out there and make his case and that's right and he's a strong person. i wish him well and i wish calista well.
>> mitt romney , governor, congratulations on your win last night.
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