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Even before Iowans met Tuesday night at churches and schools to signal their preferences, Perry was downplaying the role of the traditional lead-off states. "The idea that one or two states is going to decide who the next nominee for the Republican Party is just, you know, that's not reality," Perry told CNN. Perry's team put on hold events in South Carolina for Wednesday while he went to Austin with his family and tight inner-circle. "The votes are the votes, and we're still early in the night so we'll wait and see in the morning what it looks like," he told Fox News Channel from an election night party that was slow to fill with supporters. The Texas governor and former Air Force pilot compared the caucuses to a military campaign as he sought to give his volunteers an early morning jolt. "This is Concord. This is Omaha Beach," he said. "This is going up the hill, realizing that the battle is worthy. This is about sacrifice. Every man and woman has sacrificed your time, your treasure, your reputation. "But you're doing it out of love for this country," he continued. "That is what gets us up every day, gives us the courage, the fortitude, the focus to go do what we have done for the last almost six months."
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