UPDATING THE TOPSY TURVY REPUBLICAN RACE FOR PRESIDENT............

The political stakes in this year's 2012 Presidential Nomination contest for President, continues to shift with the last debate before the South Carolina Primary, tonight; with the Primary on Saturday. Changes continue to unfold this week right up to this morning. First frontrunner Mitt Romney is dropping in the South Carolina and Newt Gingrich is gaining support on catching and possibly overtaking him, due in large measure to Romney's campaign gaffes and Gingrich's strong performance in Tuesday night's FOX News Debate. Also this morning Iowa State Election officials have certified the results of the January 3rd Caucuses, which Romney supposedly won by 8 votes over Rick Santorum, on Caucus night, today's official result, showing Santorum with 34 more votes than Romney, and eight precincts missing and unaccounted for, but likely to substiante a Santorum victory. Also within the past ninety minutes or so, Rick Perry has withdrawn from the nomination race, and endorsed Gingrich, which along with Sarah Palin's expressed preference for Gingrich this week, may give him an edge in beating Romney in South Carolina on Saturday. A Gingrich win, following today's result for Santorum in Iowa, and Romney's win in New Hampshire, may well leave the race for the nomination wide open going into the Florida Primary on January 31st, with Ron Paul very much in the running...........Fr. Troy