- Romney leads Gingrich by 11 in South Carolina, ahead in every demographic, including Tea Partyers and Evangelicals, except for the “very conservative.”
- He’s using Huckabee to defend his lead there.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/36-WCEYVYQM]
- Gallup graphs the inevitability effect nationally.
- Santorum makes his first direct TV assault on the front-runner.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y53Q__57k24]
- Romney got a bit rattled in last night’s debate, and his explanation for not releasing his tax returns was one of his worst answers to date.
- His hunting stories have improved since the varmints incident though.
- Perry aides actually stand by his remark that Turkey’s parliamentary democracy is run by “Islamic terrorists.”
- And Colbert co-opts Cain:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv0dxiqw3rQ]