we ll see more of you tomorrow morning as well. meantime, this is a pivotal day in the 2012 presidential race. the nation s first southern gop primary is happening right now in south carolina and the contest promises to be quite the cliff hanger. we ll get you the latest dramatic poll numbers in just a moment. but first, the two leading contenders in the state, newt gingrich and mitt romney, actually ended up campaigning in the same spot this morning. tommy s country ham house in greenville, south carolina. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta was there to see it all unfold. so, jim, for a while we thought the two candidates were actually going to be at the restaurant at the same time, but it didn t quite happen that way, right? reporter: it did not happen quite that way, that s right. mitt romney showed up about a half hour earlier than expected, trying to get the upper ham, i guess you could say, if i could try that pun one more time. and he made it he ma