Question of the Day: Who in the GOP Field Will Emerge the Party Nominee?

Newt Gingrich scored a decisive upset over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary Saturday, further roiling the race for the Republican nomination for president. Former GOP national chairman Michael Steele sees a 50-50 chance of the convention being open—undecided—in Florida come August. Is the Gingrich victory a fluke, or is the GOP battle headed for a long slog of different results?

Meanwhile, check out grass-roots coverage of the South Carolina vote at any of these 10 Patch sites in the Palmetto State:

• Easley Patch easley.patch.com/
• Irmo-Seven Oaks Patch irmo.patch.com/
• Lexington Patch lexington-sc.patch.com/
• Mauldin Patch mauldin.patch.com/
• Mount Pleasant Patch mountpleasant-sc.patch.com/
• Spring Valley Patch springvalley.patch.com/
• St. Andrews Patch standrews.patch.com/
• Summerville Patch summerville.patch.com/
• Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch  taylors.patch.com/
• West Ashley Patch http://westashley.patch.com/