show you here and a big boost to gingrich. and one part of the state that frankly romney should have done well. two percent of the vote is in. we called it for gingrich. romney in the orange and gink are are gingrich in the yellow. look at the area here. this is so important. counties like ore county and myrtle beach and the debate. this county has been wracked by the economy going back four years. real estate market fell off of the floor and has not came back. tourism industry that relies on people coming to that part of the state has suffered a great deal because of a lack of money and the economy that slipped so deeply. same thing for george town. and over here in marion county
always has. it goes for the establishment candidate and many believe that is why they choose the guy who is nominee for the party. your thoughts on that. i would say probably one of the reasons. we are an independent lot and historically the historic side is splintered up therefore what you are suggesting is true. in many cases the tabement candidate would win. what you saw here begin the focus on income issues and high unemployment in the state was a focus was conservatives coming together with social conservatives and they banded here in the lenth hour behind a candidate other than the front runner mitt romney and we saw the verdict. i think that trend will hold longer as we go in florida and other primaries. you are saying that south carolina is sending a message
be diminished. you will see a republican establishment will say he cannot win and drag down the house and they will go to war on him and the bottom line he has to put a campaign structure together. he s done it his way and through debates and will have to put a campaign together. accord toth exit polls, south carolinians believe he was most electable and that is countered to the national polling and mitt romney s strategy. the reason he is more electable. they think he can beat the daylights on the stage. there is no contest with him and obama. romney will not go away. but he has organization and tructure. this is the second time for mitt romney. he lost it to huckabee and by this night he was done .
it is 7:00 p.m. in the east and polls are now closed in south carolina. good evening, i you am bret baier. and i am megan kelly. fox news projects nanewt gingrich will beat mitt romney in the state. there is three different winners now in three different states. mitt romney will finish second in south carolina where he led the pack just days ago. rick santorum and ron paul battling for third place. that contest is too close to call. fox news project newt gingrich has won the south carolina primary. this victory caps a remarkable come back for the house speaker. second soy far in the campaign season. this is propoled by strong performance in two debates. whether railing against barack obama or slamming the main
against barack obama. can he do the same thing in a general election that he does in a primary? debates are rarely important in the general election as they are in the primary. only one debate in the years that i have covered this tough is the reagan and carter debate and reagan said there you go again . coinicided with the moment the public was about to make a change and ronald reagan assured him he was acceptable and plausible and safe enough alternative to jimmie carter. most of the time debates end up with everybody thinking that the person they wanted won. in primary debates. they agree. massachusetts moderate versus reagan conservative. mitt romney and newt gingrich are not that part. ron paul is out there on foreign policy employees sentiment can be soft. you don t have the heavy