South Carolina Primary: Newt Gingrich Defeats Mitt Romney, ABC News Projects
Richard Ellis/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Based on our analysis of the exit poll data, ABC News projects that Newt Gingrich will defeat Mitt Romney to win the South Carolina primary.Gingrich’s win Saturday is a significant blow to Romney, who until…
Newt Gingrich Debate Style Carried Him in Primary
ABC News(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — One of Newt Gingrich’s bigger strengths, his deliberate debate performances, appears to have contributed largely to his victory in South Carolina.Exit polls from the state show that the two-thirds of voters who said th…
Romney to Gingrich: Release Freddie Mac Report
Richard Ellis/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Mitt Romney for the first time called on former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Saturday to release the reports he wrote for Freddie Mac.”Speaker Gingrich worked for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By the way, didn’…
Voting Begins in South Carolina GOP Primary
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Capping off the wildest week yet of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the country’s first primary south of the Mason Dixon line takes place on Saturday in South Carolina, a state known fo…
S.C. Voters Google Gingrich’s Personal Life
Kris Connor/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — The top Google searches associated with Newt Gingrich in South Carolina are: “Callista,” “Marianne,” “Newt Scandal” and “Newt Wives.” The data was compile…
No Romney, Gingrich Showdown at SC Ham House
Ethan Miller/Jessica McGowan/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — It was the Ham House showdown that wasn’t.Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich didn’t cross paths this morning at Tommy’s Ham House in Greenville, despite both advising public schedules that sugge…
Santorum Says Strategy Needed to Defeat Radical Islamists
ABC News(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Speaking before a crowd that included a number of cadets from the Citadel on Friday night, Rick Santorum warned that “radical Islamists” pose as great a threat to the Islamic world as they do to the United States, if not g…
Enthusiastic SC Crowd Greets Romney
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — In one of the liveliest rallies of his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney on Friday night spoke to a raucous crowd who could barely hold back their cheers of support as the candidate vied for votes…
Primary Day Showdown in the Works? Newt, Mitt Double Booked
Charles Dharapa-Pool/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — A primary day showdown may be in the cards this Saturday, as Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are scheduled to be at the same venue, at the same time, for dueling campaign events.The location for the …
Analysis: Winners and Losers of South Carolina Debate
John Moore/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Who came out on top during Thursday night’s GOP debate in Charleston, S.C.?By the looks of it, the CNN-sponsored resulted in two winners: Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.Thursday night’s debate was Santorum’…
Gingrich Releases 2010 Tax Returns During SC Debate
Kris Connor/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Newt Gingrich’s tax returns aren’t the flashiest or the most complicated, but the former House speaker pulled in quite a few dollars in 2010.Gingrich and his wife, Callista, made an adjusted gross inc…
The Cain Train Collides with Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Satire
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Herman Cain, the man who ended his GOP presidential bid with a speech quoting the cartoon Pokémon, has re-fueled his banner-wrapped bus to help a different television character,…
Romney Says He’ll ‘Probably’ Release Multiple Years of Tax Returns
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Mitt Romney suggested Thursday for the first time that he would “probably” release his tax returns not only from 2011 but from previous years as well, but garnered boos from the crowd wh…
Newt Gingrich Turns Ex-Wife’s Interview Into Attack on Media
/AFP/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The most vibrant episode of Thursday night’s Republican debate happened at the very beginning, as Newt Gingrich dismissed an explosive interview given by his ex-wife and accused the mainstream media of shielding P…
Flyer Assails Santorum, Wife for Not Being Anti-Abortion
(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — On cars outside of a forum to discuss anti-abortion rights with the GOP candidates, a bright pink, neatly folded flyer tucked into windshields blasted Rick Santorum and his wife Karen on the issue, claiming they are not as anti-ab…
Rick Santorum Attacks Gingrich’s ‘Harebrained’ Ideas
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) — Rick Santorum ripped into Newt Gingrich on Wednesday, responding to his rival’s suggestion that he bow out of the race now that polls show Gingrich besting Santorum in South Carolina with three days t…
As SC Primary Looms, Perry’s Donors Say ‘It’s Over’
Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The way things are going, Rick Perry will be lucky if his campaign emerges from Saturday’s primary in South Carolina with a fraction of the support it had when the Texas governor announced his run for pr…
After Debate Tiff, New Romney PAC Ad Doesn’t Mention Santorum’s Record on Felons’ Voting Rights
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A new ad released Wednesday morning from the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future focuses again entirely on Rick Santorum, dubbing the former Pennsylvania senator “the ultimate Washington i…
Ron Paul Addresses Boos from South Carolina GOP Debate
Alex Wong/Getty Images(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) — Ron Paul is pushing back against critics of his “Golden Rule” in foreign policy and questioned those who booed him at Monday’s GOP presidential debate.Speaking in Spartanburg, S.C., Tuesday…
Perry Leads SC Prayer Rally Days Before Primary
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Standing before a crowd of nearly a thousand people on Tuesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry publicly offered up a prayer for the nation four days before the South Carolina primary, just as he did five months …