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Let’s go through the possibilities for Mitt Romney after Iowa and what could have been.

1. Romney wins, Paul is second and Santorum is five to 10 points back. Romney rejoices.

2. Paul wins, Romney is a close second, the rest of the field bunches further back. Romney rejoices.

3 Everybody but Bachmann is in the mid-teens; Romney is in the upper tier but doesn’t win. Inconclusive. Romney rejoices.

4. The ultimate win for Romney â€" he scores with over 30 percent of the vote and leaves the others way back in the pack. Game over. Romney really rejoices.

How strange that the Iowa “win” for Romney does not result in exultation. The above scenarios would clearly have been better for Romney.

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