AS THE PRIMARY VOTES ARE COUNTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA............

With the likelihood Newt Gingrich has become the Conservative Alternative to Mitt Romney, as the Republican Presidential Nominee, with the first few hundreds of votes counted, Gingrich has 36% of the vote; Romney 35%; Santorum 13%; and Paul 10%; with Gingrich winning handily in areas he needs to carry, and running even with Romney in his strongest areas of the State......