January 17th, 2012
Article by Jon Ward
Newt Gingrich has realized if he doesn't win South Carolina's primary on Saturday, he has a very low chance of winning the Republican nomination. He stated "If I don't win the primary Saturday, we will probably nominate a moderate... And the odds are fairly high he will lose to Obama. This was quite a change from other candidates like Rick Santorum. His campaign has said that they will continue to race even if Romney wins South Carolina and Florida. Polls from the state showed that Romney will most likely win the state. Romney led with 33%, Gingrich had 22% and Santorum had 14%. Sensing that he would lose, Gingrich has continued to attack Santorum and Romney. He suggested that Perry and Santorum should drop out and endorse him. "From the standpoint of the conservative movement, consolidating into a Gingrich candidacy would in fact virtually guarantee victory on Saturday, and I'd be delighted if either Perry or Santorum would do that. They have to make that decision."Gingrich said. He also claimed he could win against President Obama but Santorum could not. "I don't think Santorum can win. It's not because he's not a nice guy, but he doesn't have any of the knowledge of how to do something like this." Gingrich's speech did not include any attacks on Romney but when asked about past comments, he implied that Romney wasn't a "real capitalist".
Santorum had a tone different than Gingrich's. He criticized both Gingrich and Romney and said that he was a true, reliable and bold conservative unlike Romney, and is also sober, measured and realistic unlike Gingrich.
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