..Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours before the state’s Republican presidential primary, …[Heidi Trull’s] ban on political talk did not matter one bit.
No one had found a candidate they liked enough to argue for.
From country restaurants like this one to suburban shopping malls in Spartanburg and espresso bars in Greenville, voters facing four options in the Republican primary seemed to shrug and say, “I haven’t decided.”
As South Carolina residents began voting today, polls were showing Newt Gingrich gaining ground on Mitt Romney while Ron Paul and Rick Santorum battled for third place. But those polls do not always reflect what is happening on the ground, particularly in a region that has emerged as a coveted electoral battleground.
Well, apparently they decided on Newt. 🙁
NYTimes map shows Romney taking Columbia arera and coast, blank on counties between Columbia and Charlotte and Gingrich the others. Florida at the of the month will be important, but majority of delegates will be elected by March. A local Democrat described Gingrich as a sociopath.