Romney, Santorum win Iowa caucus

99% of the vote is in.  Too close to call.  I'm going to bed.

Thoughts on the Iowa Caucus results:

- Jon Huntsman all but insulted Iowa and he still got 742+ votes. Good for him.

- Michelle Bachmann's concession speech was tired and lackluster. She could barely muster an accent when slamming Obama's failed Socialist policies. No candidate has ever won the Ames straw poll only to come in as low as sixth in the caucus. If she doesn't drop out tomorrow, it's because she wants to be in one more debate.

- Rick Perry was sunny in defeat. He read some fanmail and seemed genuinely touched. It also appears like he's going to drop out.

- Newt Gingrich was a complete prick during his concession speech. Blustery, cranky, hypocritical, it reminded me of everything I disliked about him. He blasted negative ads from Mitt Romney while he's planning his own negative-ad campaign blitz tomorrow, but those are only "telling the truth." He slammed Ron Paul's foreign policy as "stunningly" dangerous, and he gushed over Rick Santorum. Newt made it clear he will do whatever he can to support Santorum and stop Romney if he can't win it himself. Newt's going to go down scorched-Earth style. Expect a whisper campaign in South Carolina about Mormons being secret satanists.

- Ron Paul finished in the top three, but darned if I could find anyone talking about on any of the channels as I flipped around.

- Rick Santorum... I do like how he's trying to put a spotlight on manufacturing jobs, but really, I have only this to say to the Iowa GOP: "You have got to be kidding me!"

- Mitt Romney had said for months he wasn't going to compete in Iowa, did not participate in the Ames straw poll, and yet when he decided to go ahead and compete, he may have pulled off the win. The vote's so close it doesn't really matter that much if he actually won or not. Top two was good enough. And now John McCain is going to endorse Romney to help curb this Santorum nonsense. Meanwhile, it's shrewd to have Ann introduce Mitt. She's one of his biggest assets. Mitt's gracious to Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in his speech, and he gives a good one, feels like he's taken bits and pieces from other stump speeches.

- UPDATE: Romney won by 8 votes.