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Shadow
01-11-2012, 09:24 AM
Mitt Romney stormed out of New Hampshire Wednesday with a historic achievement under his belt, having scored back-to-back wins in the first two nominating contests, and vowing to take that momentum into South Carolina.
The former Massachusetts governor was able to pull off a commanding victory in the New Hampshire primary, winning with 39 percent of the vote with 95 percent of precincts reporting.
Up next, South Carolina. The state is not the friendliest of territory for the candidate Newt Gingrich has branded as a “Massachusetts moderate.” Polls show Romney holding a modest lead in South Carolina, but Gingrich and Rick Santorum also are polling strong. However, Romney is rallying supporters on a message of creating opportunity and shaking the nation out of the doldrums represented, he claims, by the current president.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-republican-primary/#ixzz1j9xnvy6M

jimnyc
01-11-2012, 10:48 AM
If he wins as big as the polls suggest thus far, he'll be pulling away after SC.

ConHog
01-11-2012, 10:52 AM
If he wins as big as the polls suggest thus far, he'll be pulling away after SC.

IF he wins SC big then I think we can call him a legitimate threat to Obama.