Newt has already had to walk back optimistic comments that he will be the nominee. Now, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses where he’s likely headed for a disappointing finish, Newt is talking up his chances in South Carolina, via the Des Moines Register:
“I think it’s a state we very much want to win and I think we probably will win,” Gingrich told reporters here after an event at The Drake restaurant.
But he declined to say it must be a win.
“I’m not going to answer a hypothetical. I think we’ll win it. I think the choice will be very big and very clear,” Gingrich said.
