Wow.
The South Carolina Primary has come, gone and left Newt Gingrich the undisputed victor with near 250,000 votes and over 40% of the vote, while Mitt Romney placed second with just over 28% - 13 points better then his fourth place finish in 2008. Santorum came in third strongly with 17% and Ron Paul finished deadlast with 13%.
So what does this mean moving forward?
3 things:
1. Gingrich is the official Not-Romney candidate from this point forward. He has risen to the top of the polls as the co-front runner and he showed last night that his candidacy has staying power, which will be interesting in Florida.
2. Romney's campaign definitely took a nose-dive in South Carolina, due to his two very bad debate performances, and the strong campaign of evangelicals towards the end, which swayed the race with days to go to his opponent's.
3. Paul's momentum was definitely halted. After finishing strongly in both Iowa and New Hampshire, he collapsed in South Carolina to just above 13%, which is significantly better then his 2008 showing, but weak considering his good past couple of weeks.
Onward to Florida!
What say you?
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