that there are strong evangelical voters. a lot more very conservative voters. not as much in new hampshire. a bit more moderate folks. that s the reason why you have mitt romney being endorsed today by john mccain who is more of an independent, moderate up in new hampshire. so all of these republicans on the conservative side think that south carolina can be their fire wall. rick perry thinks it can be his fire wall. newt gingrich, the problem that they have is that if they are all competing, we could have a very similar result that we saw in iowa in which newt gingrich, santorum trul and rick perry end up dividing that conservative vote which would allow mitt romney to get a win out of south carolina. something he wasn t able to do four years ago. and romney has been endorsed by the governor, nicky healy of that state. but handicapped that state for him in your opinion for romney. it will be a very tough state. just like iowa was. but all of a sudden, 20%, 25% is all you need to
evangelical voters. a lot more very conservative voters. not as much in new hampshire. a bit more moderate folks. that s the reason why you have mitt romney being endorsed today by john mccain who is more of an independent, moderate up in new hampshire. so all of these republicans on the conservative side think that south carolina can be their fire wall. rick perry thinks it can be his fire wall. newt gingrich, the problem that they have is that if they are all competing, we could have a very similar result that we saw in iowa in which newt gingrich, santorum trul and rick perry end up dividing that conservative vote which would allow mitt romney to get a win out of south carolina. something he wasn t able to do four years ago. and romney has been endorsed by the governor, nicky healy of that state. but handicapped that state for him in your opinion for romney. it will be a very tough state. just like iowa was. but all of a sudden, 20%, 25% is all you need to be able to win there,
announce ad few hours ago that she was us suspending her campa. if we are going to repeal obama care, turn our country around and take back our country, we must do so united. and i believe that we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard bearer. meanwhile rick perry announced he is staying in the race. late last night he announced he would go back to texas to decide his next move. he tweeted the next leg of the marathon is the palmetto state. here we go, south carolina. now the focus is on new hampshire. newt gingrich said he is preparing to strike out against romney. cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us. great to see you. what a night last night. let s talk a little bit about how this is all flowing into what you re seeing in new hampshire today. well, i think the question is how does this field shake out? you ve had one good development for rick santorum and one bad development. the good
second to last, bachmann announce ad few hours ago that she was us suspending her campa. if we are going to repeal obama care, turn our country around and take back our country, we must do so united. and i believe that we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard bearer. meanwhile rick perry announced he is staying in the race. late last night he announced he would go back to texas to decide his next move. he tweeted the next leg of the marathon is the palmetto state. here we go, south carolina. now the focus is on new hampshire. newt gingrich said he is preparing to strike out against romney. cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us. great to see you. what a night last night. let s talk a little bit about how this is all flowing into what you re seeing in new hampshire today. well, i think the question is how does this field shake out? you ve had one good development for rick santorum and one