and suddenly we re seeing evidence of it a little bit with newt at least as we march forward. to the southern and the heart of the republican party. rachel? fascinating. thank you, chuck, i appreciate it. i will say that s why i hope we get our tea party guest back who we lost because of a live feed. nicky hailey, going way out on a limb in south carolina. she went out on a limb to support mitt romney. who now has lost in south carolina, she was already having a rough year. i m curious as to what this is going to do to her standing among tea party republicans and republicans broadly in her state. jim demint saying that mitt romney would win south carolina. what happens to the republican electorate establishment who went out for romney. let s go back to chris matthews who is with david gregory. david gregory is moderator of nbc s meet the press. he s with us from columbia, south carolina. and david, thanks for joining us. this whole question, talk about
collapsing. a surge in momentum for newt gingrich, being driven by a ton of super pac money and by those debates. more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any president in american history. she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? no, but i will. 16 days after the iowa caucuses, mitt romney, it turns out, did not win there. we actually won the iowa caucuses yesterday. people of south carolina, have a job to do. in 2008, john mccain won south carolina, when fred thompson split the right flank with mike huckabee. will a santorum/gingrich split on the right tonight resurrect mitt romney s chances. if you think china s better or rash s better or cuba s better or north korea s better, i m glad to hear all about it. america s right and you re wrong. two x factors in the race, the long-shot, long-haul candidacy of ron paul. and the independent vote. i want you to vote fo
any president in american history. she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? no, but i will. 16 days after the iowa caucuses, mitt romney, it turns out, did not win there. we actually won the iowa caucuses yesterday. people of south carolina, have a job to do. in 2008, john mccain won south carolina, when fred thompson split the right flank with mike huckabee. will a santorum/gingrich split on the right tonight resurrect mitt romney s chances. if you think china s better or rash s better or cuba s better or north korea s better, i m glad to hear all about it. america s right and you re wrong. two x factors in the race, the long-shot, long-haul candidacy of ron paul. and the independent vote. i want you to vote for herman cain. because herman cain is me. what will be the roam of independents and even democrats turning out into today s open republican primary? the republican contest is a
that may be, but the fact of the matter is, as far as newt gingrich is concerned, he has admitted to those affairs whereas nikki haley, those affairs were likely not true and she said as much. i ve talked to some voters who said it s all in the past pench deserves some forgiveness. but tlair lot of social conservatives who really vote on their religion and don t like these issues. i think the big test is now that he s surging in the polls, how it plays out in south carolina on saturday. and honestly, we don t know until we see the vote on saturday. bob, what does newt have to do on saturday to stay in this? you know him well. you have covered him for years. does he have to win? does he have to come close? if so, how close? well, i think that he has to make a credible showing. i really don t have a numerical figure here. but probably fairly close. but he s already saying he s going on to florida which has its own variation of wackiness.
absolutely not. this is about voter suppression. this is about making sure that what happened in 2008 does not repeat in 2012 where people of color and independents and the elderly and students turned out in record numbers. this is about making sure that never happens again. now it s strange they re not up in arms about iowa and really reversing history. so it really is suspicious to me when they talk all this voter integrity. yet, gilda, your governor, nikki haley has vowed to look at who it impacts. there are an estimated 217,000 voters without voter i.d. in your state. now when you compare the 217,000 voters with i.d. to the strafra?