It’s been a wild day for the 2012 Republican presidential campaign. Rick Perry this morning dropped out of the race and offered Newt Gingrich his endorsement. A tell-all interview with the former House Speaker’s ex-wife is set to air tonight after the debate wraps up.
And now it turns out Mitt Romney lost Iowa to Rick Santorum. On top of that, recent polls show Newt biting at his heels in South Carolina just days before the Palmetto State’s primary. Follow our live coverage starting at 8 p.m. ET.