boehner. romney and boehner, only on fox news sunday. plus, with south carolina now in the rearview mirror and florida coming fast, how much longer will the republicans battle it out? we ll ask our sunday panel to break down the gop contest. and after the wildest week yet, we will bring you the remarkable ups and downs on the trail. all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. a week of dramatic swings in south carolina has scrambled the republican race for president. here are the final results of the primary. newt gingrich scored a big victory winning 40% of the vote. mitt romney was a distant second at 28%. rick santorum finished third with 17%. and ron paul was last. we ll have an exclusive interview with governor romney in a moment. first, for more on the results and reaction from last night, we turn to fox news senior national correspondent john roberts in charleston. john? chris, good morning to you. for nearly half of south carol
Angry at the gop establishment is spending and the the bailouts. i think that is going continue to play out in the next year. liz? i think both things are true. i think it is forever from now. i mean look at where we were in november of 2008. nobody would have think chris: we got that. i think it is also true that i want to talk about that a little bit more. no, i think it is also true that in fact ideas and substance and policy will matter this time and maybe so so than any previous republican nomination. chris: who steps up? i think mitch daniels is a clear very interesting potential frontrunner. paul ryan is interesting. i think you will have people who emerge after the 2010 elections as real challengers. fascinating governors out there. chris christy is terrific. chris: under 20 seconds. the fact is if you ask americans about president obama his numbers are going down but he is still in the mid 40s.
You see what happened there. delaware if you look at the voting the majority of people in delaware support repealing obama care and support tax decreases over spending in order to create jobs. this is ife fertile territory. sharron angle is an example where everybody wrote that race off. that race in nevada is now tied. chris liz i m kind of fascinated. why has the race seized the republican party, this personality so the degree it has and why has karl rove come under such fire from other republicans, conservatives for criticizing her. at the end of the day we all like to talk about is karl under attack. i imagine you would be hard pressed to find a single voter in delaware who is going to vote based on whether karl is
Even the tea party will go en masse and support her for president is hard to know. so i think you have to look at the tea party differently. it is not about one person. chris: all right. we are going to talk 2012 politics. i don t want the rove waffle but it being a geological period before we get to them. liz. that. well, it is. that is a copout. it she now the frontrunner for the republican nomination? we don t have a frontrunner and it is the fact that she deserves a huge amount of credit in addition to the things that bill and nina have said the fact that i think she has inspired republican women to throw their hat in the ring and given voice to the conservative values that a majority of americans share. she is powerful and will be a
Candidate for president. she is very popular but whether even the tea party will go en masse and support her for president is hard to know. so i think you have to look at the tea party differently. it is not about one person. chris: all right. we are going to talk 2012 politics. i don t want the rove waffle but it being a geological period before we get to them. liz. that. well, it is. that is a copout. it she now the frontrunner for the republican nomination? we don t have a frontrunner and it is the fact that she deserves a huge amount of credit in addition to the things that bill and nina have said the fact that i think she has inspired republican women to throw their hat in the ring and given voice to the conservative values that a majority of americans share.