A bitter fight shaping up in 'mean' South Carolina
January 4, 2012
Los Angeles Times
After closely winning the Iowa caucuses, Romney is soon going to face his weakest early voting state, South Carolina. This is going to be a personal primary since Gingrich has been top in the polls in South Carolina since November. However, attack ads have made Gingrich a little unpopular lately, so we don’t exactly know what’s going to happen in South Carolina. Republicans are trying to find someone else besides Romney for the lead contender and as of right now Rick Santorum looks pretty good. Paul’s, Romney’s, and Perry’s attack ads ruined Gingrich and it looks like Santorum will be their next target. Santorum and Romney seem like the only two who are going to spend a lot of time in South Carolina campaigning with Santorum going above and beyond the standard. Santorum seems like the kind of guy who spends a lot of time with the state and the state grows on him, but because they cannot fully unite under him, Romney ends up winning because no one can unite behind a single candidate so they settle for him. Romney’s Mormon religion may become an issue, but not all people will take that seriously enough anyway. Perry may be one of the candidates that come out nowhere and end up doing good because of the announcement of candidacy in South Carolina and also his Southern heritage, but because he did poorly on debates and says things that are way out there, there might not be a chance for him either if he doesn’t drop out by then. It looks like South Carolina will be between Romney and Santorum again…
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