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Romney is ahead, likely to win Florida
If Newt Gingrich wins the the Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, he would hurt Mitt Romney’s chances considerably. If he loses, it’s obituaries for his campaign.
If Newt Gingrich wins the the Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, he would hurt Mitt Romney’s chances considerably. If he loses, it’s obituaries for his campaign.
The latter outcome seems more likely. Romney is leading in all polls and looks set to win Florida. He needs the state to regain his crown as the frontrunner.
The former Massachusetts governor has won only one of the three primaries so far — New Hampshire. Rick Santorum won the first, Iowa, and Gingrich picked up South Carolina.
Romney entered each of those contests as the frontrunner and left with mixed results. Florida was different — Gingrich came as the frontrunner, riding his sweep of South Carolina. The former US house of representative speaker then quickly conceded the advantage by tanking the two debates, which have been his strength.
In the last debate, Romney turned in a surprising sharp performance walloping the speaker relentlessly. Gingrich looked stunned, contrite and defeated.
The key moment came when Gingrich repeated his allegations that Romney had profited from dealing in stocks of housing finance bodies Fannie Mac and Freddie Mae. In Gingrich loses Florida, he will find it tough to stay in the race.
