• INTERACTIVE: County-by-county breakdown of the results
• Romney, Santorum in Iowa photo finish
• Late, late, late deciders flock to Santorum
• Obama calls Iowa on GOP’s caucus night
• Iowa deadlock could change race in New Hampshire
• Santorum ‘committed’ to competing in N.H., S.C.
• Ron Paul benefits from Democrat crossovers
 

Elections are contests held during a moment in time between candidates who have records stretching back, often far back, into the past. So there is always a tension between the man (or woman) who is running and the moment.