Former Gov. Mitt Romney is conceding he's got "an uphill climb" in South Carolina, where he finished fourth in 2008, despite season-opening victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.
They're not counting on a win -- but Mitt Romney's five Republican opponents are hoping to finish well enough in today's New Hampshire primary to prove they're still in the race, so they can challenge him again in South Carolina and Florida.
Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in campaign debate Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, "The only reason you didn't become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994."