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After Newt Gingrich swept Saturday’s South Carolina primary with 40% of the vote, all eyes turn to Florida, which holds its Republican primary on Jan. 31.
Two of the latest polls show Gingrich’s momentum from South Carolina has carried over to the Sunshine State. An Insider Advantage poll released this weekend puts Gingrich with an 8% lead over Mitt Romney with 34% support and the latest Rasmussen survey puts Gingrich with a 9% lead over the former Massachusetts governor with 41%, reports Politico.
“They know that if they lose Florida that this race has been turned upside down,” Yahoo!’s Washington DC Bureau Chief David Chalian says of the Romney campaign. “The mission for Mitt Romney, the critical mission, is to halt that Gingrich momentum and they believe the only way to do that is to really start taking him down on his character.”
The four remaining candidates, including Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, will take the stage Monday night at the University of South Florida for yet another debate — and again on Thursday at the University of North Florida.
Gingrich and the others will likely continue to hound Romney over his net worth and
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