FOX, CNN, AND NBC HAVE CALLED IT FOR MCCAIN. Huckabee is second, and Fred Thompson still seems to be holding onto third. I think this is pretty big — If McCain can win South Carolina convincingly, he can win conservatives, and if Huckabee can’t win in South Carolina, where can he win? And a third-place finish is good enough to keep Thompson going, I think — especially when a lot of his votes come out of Huckabee’s hide, since Thompson clearly isn’t a Huckabee fan.

UPDATE: I’m watching Huckabee’s concession speech and all of a sudden he’s talking about the evils of big government.

ANOTHER UPDATE: We’re at my dad’s and he’s happy that Romney’s fourth, so he can’t claim “a bronze.” The Olympic analogies are getting old.