>>> the race for the white house , the new hampshire primary may just be four days away but gop front-runner mitt romney is already focusing attention on south carolina a tending a grassroots rally in conway, south carolina , today. that's where we find nbc's peter alexander , good morning.
>> reporter: matt, good morning to you. welcome to the peanut warehouse in conway, south carolina . this place was actually built more than a century ago to store tobacco. today it will be hosting a mitt romney rally. as one analyst put it, with two back-to-back debates scheduled this weekend, romney may be treated like a political pinata. mitt romney so confident of a primary win tuesday in new hampshire , is already campaigning here in south carolina .
>> that's a great endorsement and that's quite a speech. i should just stop there. that's fabulous, thank you.
>> reporter: with the state's governor, nikii haley, could attract social conservatives to the state, who's correctly picked every republican president since 1980 . jon huntsman criticized him.
>> the people of new hampshire don't want a coronation, they want people to earn the vote as opposed to sit in south carolina so certain of a victory.
>> reporter: thursday night huntsman grabbed the endorsement of "the boston bloeb." "while romney proceeds cautiously, strategically trying to appease enough constituencies to get his nomination, huntsman has been bold." also taking shots, newt gingrich saying he'll beat expectations once voters focus on romney 's moderate record.
>> it's a "saturday night live" skit. he said he wants to be the paycheck president but his focus on african-americans who make one-fifth of food stamp recipients raised eyebrows.
>> i'm prepared, if the naacp invites me i'll go to their convention and talk about why the african-american community should command paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps .
>> reporter: rick santorum is still trying to ride the surge but at one stop he was combatted by a crowd of college students. still his message is to look beyond the polls and vote their heart.
>> don't settle for what is sufficient to do the job. pick who you believe is the right person to take on that challenge to defeat barack obama .
>> reporter: the two texans in this race, ron paul and rick perry , who have been off the trail since tuesday's caucusing in iowa return today and tomorrow, matt, they will both participate in this weekend's debate.
>> peter alexander in south carolina
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