in south carolina that newt gingrich was concerned could inhibit his ability to cast himself as the alternate to romney, the conservative ante mit candidate. the evangelical christians, the traditional values voters of south carolina have bon less choice anone less noise and that may make it possible for newt gingrich to coalesce the vote behind him. santorum has significant momentum of his own and should not be counted out. he's worked hard in south carolina after his iowa now tie, the certification obviously said that santorum got more votes than mitt romney, although it's not minding. as a practical matter santorum won the expectation game in iowa that's what made him credible