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The establishment, the traditional conservative/evangelical and the libertarian wings of the Republican Party faced off in Iowa last night, and after all was said and done, it was a draw.
 
While the focus has been on the individual candidates â€" their misstatements, momentum and money â€" the real story is that the three factions within the Republican Party appear to have chosen their candidates to compete in New Hampshire and beyond.
 
While Mitt Romney has spent the better part of the past year trying to live down the front-runner label, Iowa shows that with all the ups and downs of the candidates around him, his base has barely grown as the libertarian-oriented Republicans cling to Dr. Ron Paul and the evangelical/Reagan Republicans have found Rick Santorum as their last man standing.

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