You may recall that on the Tuesday night edition of the The Hannity Show, Sarah Palin indicated that she'd like to see the primary process continue citing that "iron sharpens iron, steel sharpens steel". She went on to suggest that if she were a South Carolinian she would vote for Newt Gingrich. Video clip here. Note that Governor Palin did not use the word "endorse" or "endorsement" but emphasized the importance of the allowing the vetting process to continue.
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich staged a surprise upset against presumed nominee Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary. Speaker Gingrich had the following to say about Governor Palin:
“There’s no question we saw it help us in fundraising. We saw it help us in volunteers. We saw people, all of a sudden, on the phones. She has a significant following in the Republican Party.
And frankly, I mean, to have her say she’d vote for me in South Carolina, since we’re in South Carolina and the election’s on Saturday, that was a big break and it really helped us a lot.”
In summary, when Govenor Palin speaks, people listen and in this instance they also voted, volunteered and donated.
