Newt wins South Carolina

Former House Speaker Newton Leroy Gingrich, the presumptive conservative prefrontal cortex, has won the South Carolina Primary, according to top-of-the-hour NBC News projections almost certain to be echoed by the other news orgs. The people of the Palmetto State have sent a message: More red meat, please, Mr. Gingrich. Keep those steaks coming.

The apparent results send another message to Newt's challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: However far to the right you think you've already moved politically in this campaign ... as of this moment, it ain't far enough.

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