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** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photograph, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon. Mashaal won't seek re-election, Hamas announced Saturday, paving the way for a leadership contest and possible struggle over the ideological direction of the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, gives a thumbs up during his campaign stop at Tommy’s Country Ham House, where former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also scheduled an appearance, on South Carolina's primary election day in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is accompanied by his wife Ann, right, as he campaigns outside Tommy’s Country Ham House, where former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also scheduled an appearance, on South Carolina's primary election day in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Apollo Theatre in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (left) and his wife, Callista (right), talk Jan. 20, 2012, with press secretary R.C. Hammond before addressing reporters following a town hall meeting at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich greets supporters after a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Security for Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stand in a side doorway as Gingrich addresses a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich listen as he addresses a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney use campaign posters to shield themselves from the rain on Jan. 20, 2012, as Romney speaks at a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands onstage in the rain Jan. 20, 2012, as he is introduced by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tosses an apple into the crowd before speaking Jan. 20, 2012, at a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives Jan. 20, 2012, at a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Children stand Jan. 20, 2012, on a fence as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A woman shields herself from rain with a campaign poster Jan. 20, 2012, as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney try to shield themselves from the rain on Jan. 20, 2012, before Romney speaks at a rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns Jan. 20, 2012, at Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Jan. 18, 2012, on Capitol Hill as the House returned to work from its winter recess. (Associated Press)
