South Carolina Republican debate: Surging Newt Gingrich scores (+video)

On the heels of Texas Gov. Rick Perry abandoning his campaign for the White House, four candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination are participating in a debate in South Carolina on Thursday night.

By Angie Drobnic Holan The Republican candidates for president gather tonight to debate in Tampa, PolitiFact Florida's home turf. We'll be there for this, their 18th faceoff. We've watched and fact-checked debates 1 through 17 and can tell you this:

Sparks flew Thursday night as CNN's John King opened the last GOP debate before the South Carolina primary with a pointed question to Newt Gingrich on the recent allegations leveled by his ex-wife. Gingrich, in typical form

Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential