abc 7 news is right now. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org it was a decisive victory tonight for newt gingrich in south carolina. as soon as the polls were closed, he was declared the winner. here are the numbers south carolina has historic plea chosen the eventual republican nominee for president. will history repeat itself? kris van cleave it is in columbia, south carolina, with more. newt gingrich is a big student of history. santorum and mitt romney would disagree. what is clear, the scope of the big victory double digits, was unexpectedly large, and it is clear this gop primary season will continue on for awhile. thank you to everyone in south carolina who decided to be with us in changing washington. it was newt gingrich surging to a big victory in the palmetto state. a week ago he was running second. not anymore. with your help, we are moving to florida and beyond. for his supporters at the victory party, this is a great nigh