Nobody will call SC yet; McCain and Huckabee are too close. Romney and Grampa Fred are apparently far back, in a close contest for 3rd.
Independents appear to be waiting to vote in the Democratic primary. In 2000 61% of the voters were Republicans. This time around, it was 79% Republican.
And MSNBC just announced that crazy-ass Ron Paul finished second in Nevada. Thus, the top two finishers in South Carolina were unable to beat Ron Paul.
And Thompson is going to speak in 5 minutes. You seldom come out to talk about how far back you finished this early in the evening. One wonders if he's going to announce that he's dropping out.
[UPDATE] Thompson gave a speech about...something. I don't know what the point was, but when they came back to the studio, you could hear several people laughing, which is about the only rational response to the speech...other than maybe falling asleep.
Apparently Grampa Fred needed to get that out of the way before he could get his warm milk and go to sleep.