[DJlaysitup]

Santorum had a good ground game in North Dakota, people all over, signs, etc. Paul had made appearances in towns which hadn’t seen a prospective potus candidate since Alan Keyes came through. When you show up and talk to folks out here, it makes a difference.

It's a really big country (maybe too big sometimes) - door to door doesn't work much in National Elections - unless you have a paid ground game and bigtime ads on TV/Radio.

[Smokin' Joe]

It's a big country, and folks here are sparse enough that showing up in even one or two towns (in the state) makes a difference, especially when the candidate isn't concentrating on just the biggest cities.

How the North Dakota (caucus) vote came out:

Rick Santorum 39.7%

Ron Paul 28.1%

Mitt Romney 23.7%

Newt Gingrich 8.5%