steve, you think that newt gingrich has at ing here and a bounce out of south carolina? i look, the victory that we think it will be. yeah, i think that helps him. he s trying to raise money off of this. and i talked to a top advisor and said newt is in through the convention and staying in and established himself as a conservative alternative to mitt romney . what the campaign was about from last pring until voters started to actually cast votes on january 3rd in iowa is who that nonmitt romney candidate would be. if newt gingrich is right and it settles on him. that is an if. he does stick around for eye while. do we overestimate the importance . debates. bret, you and i talked about it before the show. 17 debate there will be three
four years ago mccain won the nomination. and when newt gingrich had his first surge in the polls, folks who had known him from the time of speak exer conservatives and had a lot of negative things to say about the newt gingrich and we saw the poll numbers go off of the cliff and the negative ads. will that happen depane? i think it certainly will happen again and there will be more of it. but the end of the contest here, people see him as a strong candidate and they know he has a lot of past proclivities . they know he is strong and brightest guy in the game. what is the connection problem with mitt romney. he never was a conservative until he run for the president. he won the governorship he was
if he wins here he would capture the nomination and beating mitt romney who he calls the massachusetts moderate. mr. gingrich campaigned up until the polls closed. staffers are en route to columbia and stayed on the cam 59 trail. he may come down and make a speech early tonight maybe by 8:00. that will depend on concessions speeches from mitt romney. and gingrich tomorrow will head back to virginia and will be on tampa, florida on monday . will have a town hall meeting and start raring to go. gingrich is planning to build the national campaign. mitt romney knew it would likely be a defeat. they have waited and saying they are looking for states
in the idea of electability in thisitate meant this thing. debatability. but that speaks for more than yust south carolina. it leads to florida and the south. that s true. one candidate of the three made a strong finish in all three states it is not newt gingrich and ron paul or santorum. it is mitt romney. this is a big disappointment for mitt romney and cost him momentum and support in florida in the seem. is there any reason to believe that mitt romney can turn it around? is there any reason to believe he will improve? remember meyan he did well. and rick perry was a threat and zoomed to the top of the polls, we saw mitt romney much better and sharper in the debates and he should be able to do it or needs to.
this could go go a long way. next time we are on, we ll talk about that. joe thinks it being be a bitter campaign that goes on for monthses. one of the many things he will discuss with mitt romney. and coming up. newt gingrich wins a huge win in south carolina x. turning the race upside down. who will take third place. that is next. bill hemmer has the answers and most amazing part about newt s victory coming up. parts in south carolina that newt won. go to fox news.comfor team analysis. and go to fox news. and you will find the real-time results right down to the individual counties. you are watching fox news coverage of the south carolina republican party and primary. in america, we believe in a future that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been working hard