The result of the South Carolina GOP primaries came as a shock to many people. Newt Gingrich won 40% of the Republican vote in South Carolina. This means that three different Republican candidates have won three different primaries. Rick Santorum won the Iowa primary, Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, and now Gingrich won South Carolina. With the withdrawal of Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry there are now only four candidates left (the fourth being Ron Paul).
Going into the primaries Romney was expected to be a clear front-runner but as seen in the results of the debates this is not the case. Romney was especially hurt in the South Carolina debate by the overwhelming demand for the release of his tax returns. It is no secret that Romney is an extremely wealthy man. He was born into a wealthy family and has worked his way up to accrue millions of dollars. Until now Romney has kept his tax returns private however, with all the pressure he faced in South Carolina he has been forced to make them public.
Most news sources are portraying this race as a Romney Gingrich duel and they are giving little attention to the other two candidates. However, according to CNN Ron Paul “tripled his South Carolina vote from 2008 and so claimed ‘victory’ of sorts.” In addition, Santorum did win the Iowa primary although only by a small margin.
Ultimately the goal of the Republican Party is to win the presidential election against President Barack Obama. This means that the strongest Republican candidate will be the one to go on against Obama. If there is anything that these three primaries have shown is that it is anybody’s race and we should not discount any one of these four candidates.
Going into the primaries Romney was expected to be a clear front-runner but as seen in the results of the debates this is not the case. Romney was especially hurt in the South Carolina debate by the overwhelming demand for the release of his tax returns. It is no secret that Romney is an extremely wealthy man. He was born into a wealthy family and has worked his way up to accrue millions of dollars. Until now Romney has kept his tax returns private however, with all the pressure he faced in South Carolina he has been forced to make them public.
Most news sources are portraying this race as a Romney Gingrich duel and they are giving little attention to the other two candidates. However, according to CNN Ron Paul “tripled his South Carolina vote from 2008 and so claimed ‘victory’ of sorts.” In addition, Santorum did win the Iowa primary although only by a small margin.
Ultimately the goal of the Republican Party is to win the presidential election against President Barack Obama. This means that the strongest Republican candidate will be the one to go on against Obama. If there is anything that these three primaries have shown is that it is anybody’s race and we should not discount any one of these four candidates.
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