Romney Rolls into South Carolina

Mitt Romney is campaigning in South Carolina, hoping for a confirming victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney is buoyed by a second straight electoral triumph in New Hampshire, bulging campaign coffers and warm words from the state's pre-eminent practitioner of tea party politics.

Although he emphasizes that he doesn't want to be "overconfident," the GOP frontrunner is talking increasingly about his plans for challenging President Barack Obama in the fall, not his primary foes of the moment.

Meanwhile, his GOP rivals are showing no sign of surrender.

Newt Gingrich has launched a fresh attack on Romney's business career and a new television ad painting him as a flip-flopper on abortion.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says "South Carolina is going to be different. It is wide open for anyone."

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is hoping to make gains in the first Southern primary.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul chastised Gingrich and Perry for criticizing the front-runner's experience as a venture capitalist.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint echoed Paul's remarks, and declared: "I think Romney's going to win here."