Iowa result: Santorum up by 34, officially a ‘split decision’

From POLITICO:

The certified numbers: 29,839 for Santorum and 29,805 for Romney. The turnout: 121,503.

In the near term, the results are a shot of encouragement for Santorum, as well as the other anti-Romney candidates, who no longer have to contend with the idea that Romney won an unprecedented one-two victory in Iowa and New Hampshire. If Newt Gingrich were to win South Carolina, the early-state scoreboard would suddenly look rather different than it did at the start of the week.

Just as important, the botched vote count is a real embarrassment for Iowa and its caucus process, which lured candidates to devote weeks and months of their time to the state and spend an awful lot of money there. What did they get in exchange?

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