Gingrich eyes upset in key South Carolina vote

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South Carolina voters head to the polls in their pivotal Republican presidential primary on Saturday, as surging Newt Gingrich eyed an upset win that could turn the race upside-down.

If the former House speaker defeats longtime frontrunner Mitt Romney, it could rekindle doubts about whether the more moderate former Massachusetts governor and multi-millionaire investor, champion of the party’s establishment, can rally the party’s conservative core, where he is viewed with suspicion.

And the champion in the first nominating contest in the US South will find the wind in his sails ahead of the January 31 primary in the vote-rich battleground of Florida. The neck-and-neck rivals criss-crossed the state ahead of the primary, mindful that no Republican since 1980 has captured the party’s nomination without first winning this southern bastion.

A victory here would be Gingrich’s first triumph after Christian conservative former senator Rick Santorum squeaked out a victory in Iowa and Romney romped in New Hampshire.