Gingrich Wants S. Carolina Voters to Vote for him to Block Romney

Newt Gingrich appealed to South Carolina
voters on primary Saturday to support him if they want to stop Mitt
Romney from winning the Republican presidential nomination.

Gingrich stopped by
The Grapevine restaurant in Boiling Springs not long after the polls
opened g. He told diners who were enjoying plates of eggs and grits that
he’s the “the only practical conservative vote” if Republicans want to
slow Romney, described by Gingrich as a Massachusetts moderate.

Gingrich said he would put a stop to federal actions against South Carolina’s voter ID and immigration laws.

The former House speaker, who has seen his support rise in the days before the primary, said “polls are good, votes are better.”

After
disappointing finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, the former House
speaker hit his stride as the nation’s first Southern primary neared,
rallying conservatives behind him as the most viable alternative to the
former Massachusetts governor.

Fueled by fiery
debate performances and assisted in part by his Southern roots,
Gingrich counted on a strong performance Saturday in South Carolina’s
GOP primary to catapult him back into the top tier of White House
hopefuls.

SOURCE: SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press

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