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Loss. he should have blown the doors off in this state. in addition that, the republican turn out was off about 40% from the turn out in 2008, showing that this is not a field that is very enthusiastic about. >> you are saying he is going to be the nominee, but not a strong nominee? >> i would say the supporters in the republican party are not quite fired up and ready to go. >> nothing is going to change in florida. >> i don't detect any more enthusiasm in florida for candidates who believe we should focus on keeping the wind at the backs of people who are already doing well while president ob...

Between gingrich and santorum for fourth and fifth tonight, because their goal here was not to -- they knew it wasn't a good state for them. but they didn't want gingrich to get any sort of conservative bounce out of here. they were present, they played strongly in the debates, but they prevented gingrich from coming out here, backed by sheldon adelson with that head of steam in south carolina. so now they're in. gingrich is in the with the super pac money. huntsman may be in with super pac money. we've got a lot of people spending a lot of money in a very small state. voters in south carolina...

To do something about the economy. this is an impressive win on the part of governor romney tonight, especially when you look at the number of independents that he was able to pull into the republican voting booths tonight and get that group that four years ago were so strong for president obama. we just heard from newt gingrich, obviously, talking about how he's going to save the economy when he goes into south carolina and into florida in the future. there was less of the conservative theology from him tonight, so he understands that mitt romney now has a big head of steam going into south c...

Claim mitt romney. >> the democrats can say listen to what his fellow republicans say in a state like virginia and north carolina. >> damage already done by newt gingrich. what good is he getting quitting? >> he should stay in for his sake. he doesn't think he will win it and wants to get the message out there. >> they will give in and stop hit him. >> no. i think they hate each other. >> you taught us, you are never forgiven. >> i don't think mitt romney will forgive huntsman. that will erode. independents can vote and huntsman could take vote for romney. >> you never know where newt will go ...

Including a lot of conservatives. but tonight mitt romney does have great momentum to going into south carolina. could be a much tougher state for him. it's quite striking to me, after i've been at this for a long time, as you know, that two out of the three leading candidates in new hampshire tonight were mormons. and the other one, ron paul, was a libertarian. that was not so surprising. so politics has changed profoundly in this country. and south carolina, here we come. >> in terms of looking ahead to that south carolina contest, tom, when you look at the dynamics within the republican par...