“South Carolina” on The Daily Caller

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has won South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary. (more)

On his Saturday radio show on WABC in New York City, “Kudlow Report” host Larry Kudlow voiced his displeasure with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s attacks on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s association with Bain Capital. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Steady and sometimes heavy rain has been drenching most of South Carolina this primary voting day, much to the delight of Ron Paul. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. – A showdown was averted at Tommy’s Hamhouse in Greenville, where both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were scheduled to hold events at the same time, when Romney showed up an hour early for his event and left before Gingrich walked in. (more)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich might be riding a wave of new momentum going into the South Carolina primary, but New York Times columnist David Brooks says that wave won’t go much further. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Texas Rep. Ron Paul told an energetic crowd here Friday that American exceptionalism is not an excuse for invading other nations in hopes of spreading U.S. values overseas. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A Clemson University Palmetto poll released Friday shows Newt Gingrich with a slim lead over Mitt Romney in South Carolina just a day before the polls open. (more)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed Mitt Romney on Thursday and will be campaigning with the GOP presidential candidate in South Carolina just a day before the state’s primary. (more)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Don’t waste your vote on me. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bob Jones University will not endorse a Republican candidate before tomorrow’s primary, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

Looks like someone has played a dirty campaign trick on Newt Gingrich. (more)

A recent Public Policy Polling survey revealed that when placed among the remaining GOP candidates, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, host of “The Colbert Report,” edges former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney out by one point in favorability among U.S. voters. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bruce Barron has Santorum cred: a faded white T-shirt advertising Rick Santorum’s run for Congress in 1990. It’s like something hipsters would buy for $25 at a vintage clothing shop. The tag line, stamped in blue ink, reads “Leadership in touch with you.” (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — South Carolina voters have been bombarded by political robo-calls, as many as a dozen per day, at all hours. This reporter received a half-dozen such calls at a Greenville residence during just the first 30 minutes of Thursday’s CNN debate. (more)

Join The Daily Caller at 8 p.m. as we live-tweet the Republican debate. Be sure to tweet and comment along as the debate airs on CNN. (more)

CHARLESTON, S.C. —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race on Thursday, two days ahead of the South Carolina primary, and endorsed Newt Gingrich in an apparent effort to stop Mitt Romney from winning the nomination. (more)

Responding to critics who say that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s past marital issues would pose problems with voters in the general election, Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks told The Daily Caller that “Jesus is not on the ballot.” (more)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Elected with strong tea party support, South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis acknowledges that he expected a backlash over his decision to endorse Mitt Romney. (more)

If Mitt Romney wins the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary, as polls suggest he may, the 2012 primary season will likely be recorded as one of the most decisive in history. (more)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mitt Romney was noticeably absent from Wednesday’s pro-life forum here, and event organizers were noticeably miffed. (more)