The Huddle: What DeMint thinks Politico

11.01.12

--The race now moves to South Carolina, Which isn’t expected to be Romney territory. But Jon Allen, writing for the hometown paper, says a divided field of conservative alternatives is working to the former Massachusetts governor’s advantage: “As long as rivals Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry battle for primacy among the state’s social conservatives and support doesn’t coalesce around one of them, the former Massachusetts governor is on solid footing. … Political insiders expect Perry, Gingrich and Santorum to spend much of their time fighting for support in the vote-rich “Upstate” region, an area that roughly tracks I-85 through Spartanburg, Greenville and Anderson and is expected to provide as much as 40 percent of the Republican primary vote. Home to Bob Jones University, the area is a hotbed of social conservatism. But it is also a manufacturing hub. That helps explain why Gingrich and Perry are now hammering

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