GOP hopefuls take aim at Romney in S.C.

The New Hampshire primary failed to winnow the field of conservative Republican presidential hopefuls, leaving in place a pack of candidates poised to split the support of the party’s right wing in the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary and pave the way for the more moderate Mitt Romney to glide to a third victory.

“When you have a second tier of candidates that is fairly muddled and there is not much consensus about them, I think it’s going to be an uphill climb for any kind of unified effort that might slow Romney now,” South Carolina Republican political strategist Chip Felkel told The Washington Examiner.