his populist message of standing up to special interests and returning government to the people, emphasizing his conservative voting record and military background. ``It all comes down to turnout,'' McCain said on the resort island of Hilton Head. ``With the exception of a few brave people, every establishment figure in our party is opposing me. I'm honored by the op position.'' Just 37 delegates are at stake in South Carolina, which has fewer registered voters than the Bay Area. Nevertheless, the outcome is critical to the political futures of both Bush and McCain. Were McCain to win, he would suddenly become the GOP front- runner. A victory in South Carolina would give him enormous momentum going into Tuesday's primaries in Michigan and his home state of Arizona, where polls show him leading. Victories in those states -- following his 18-point triumph over Bush in New Hampshire -- would destroy the aura of invincibility that has surrounded the Texas governor's campaign for more than a year. ``I'll tell you what, my friends,'' McCain said at a Veterans of Foreign Wars rally in Spartanburg. ``If we win here, I don't see how we can really be stopped.'' MAKE OR BREAK FOR BUSH It is an assertion shared by many outside his campaign. ``If Bush loses South Carolina, with all the money and everything he put in here, I think he's through -- done with,'' said former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, who teaches a class on Southern politics at the University of South Carolina. On the other hand, a Bush victory would help him right the course of a campaign that was thrown off kilter by his New Hampshire defeat. Bush has poured millions of dollars into television and radio commercials, and he has thousands of volunteers and rank-and-file party members helping him to get out the vote. ``I'm going to win here,'' Bush predicted on ABC's ``Good Morning America.'' ``Now, you mark my words. You can write it down on your pad of paper.'' ...
