Cheers erupted at Mitt Romney's New Hampshire headquarters as the former Massachusetts governor cruised to an easy victory in the Republican primary. With nearly all the votes counted this morning, Romney has a commanding double-digit lead, taking nearly 40 percent of the vote. He appeared energetic and confident in his victory speech, taking aim at President Obama.

Despite focusing all of his campaign's attention on New Hampshire instead of Iowa, former U.S. ambassador to China John Huntsman came in third in Tuesday's primary. Independent favorite Ron Paul took second place with 23 percent of the vote while Iowa caucus victor Mitt Romney won a comfortable lead at 39 percent. Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent and Anna Sale, reporter for It’s a Free Country, the politics website for our co-producer WNYC, give their thoughts on what these results mean for the rest of the GOP race.

Three voters give their thoughts on the past two tests of presidential mettle and on what lies ahead. When Iowan Brad Cranston last joined the program, he was disappointed by Bachmann withdrawing her bid but was shifting towards Santorum. Staunch Gingrich supporter and New Hampshire resident Karen Gallant — who lived in Massachusetts during Romney's governorship — remains unimpressed by the GOP frontrunner. And South Carolinian Karen Martin is currently unenthusiastic about any candidate.

Most people residing in the lower 48 wouldn't imagine snow posing much of a challenge to Alaskans. However, some recent extreme weather has left two towns on Prince William Sound struggling to regain access to the outside world. To cope, Cordova has called in the National Guard to help battle huge snowdrifts while Nome is seeking fuel supplies from a Russian tanker.

After the Iowa caucuses, a group of high-profile conservatives sent out invitations to evangelical leaders for a gathering at the Texas ranch of Paul and Nancy Pressler on January 14 and 15. The summit's purpose is to discuss which GOP candidates they will and will not be supporting in 2012. Evangelicals have been the most significant segment of the Republican base since 1992, so whoever is chosen this weekend could nail the nomination — assuming that there is a candidate they feel represents their values. Despite winning New Hampshire and Iowa, Romney could be blocked due to his Mormonism and weak social conservatism.

President Obama heads to Chicago today to get some hometown support during three campaign fundraisers. His reelection effort has raked in more than $ 150 million since September. However, Democrats say they'll need to compete with outside groups who can now give unlimited amounts of money.

A decisive, but not surprising, victory last night for Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night with almost 40 percent of the vote. But he doesn't emerge for the state as the presumptive nominee yet, and the devil is in the details. Ron Christie, Republican political strategist, political contributor for the Takeaway and It’s a Free Country, and John Zogby, president of the polling firm Zogby International, discuss Tuesday night's outcome.

The battle for the New Hampshire primary plays out on TV screens, newspapers, and the internet as results come in throughout the night. One way to tell the story of this event is through Twitter, by seeing how pundits, politicians, pranksters and across the country reacted to the results. Takeaway co-host John Hockenberry tells the story of the New Hampshire primary according to tweets.

Wednesday marks the tenth anniversary of the United States opening a detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The past decade has seen no shortage of controversy about the base, both on legal and moral terms. Barack Obama campaigned for president on the promise to close the base, but signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act on December 31, which includes a provision allowing indefinite military detention without trial. There are currently 171 prisoners being held there, and no signs of shutting the facility down in the near future.

Iran says another one of its nuclear scientists has been killed, this time by a motorcyclist who attached a bomb to his car in Tehran this morning. It was the fourth such killing reported in two years and comes at a time of growing tension between Iran and the West. Joining the program is Gordon Corera, security correspondent for our partner the BBC.

After Iowa and New Hampshire, the next big competition for the Republican nomination lies in the South. With strong GOP bases in both Florida and South Carolina, the candidate that carries either state will need to appeal to a pool of voters that are more racially diverse than their northern counterparts. However, currying the favor of this mix of social, fiscal, and military conservatives will require a great deal more money, something that some campaigns are running short on.