DON GONYEA: The campaign in South Carolina is also shorter than in Iowa, and Santorum hasn’t been able to spend month after month on the ground meeting voters here. And there’s another obstacle for him in this Southern state: Newt Gingrich is from neighboring Georgia.
KENDRA STEWART: Oh, yes. Newt plays very well in South Carolina. He is a Southerner. He knows Southern rhetoric. He knows how to speak to South Carolina Republicans.
DON GONYEA: That’s Kendra Stewart, a political scientist at the College of Charleston.
KENDRA STEWART: He clearly understands the significance of Southern Pride, of the moral issues, and of South Carolina’s appreciation for its role in history and the history of this country.
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