ORLANDO, Fla. – Can Newt Gingrich come back a third time?
If he loses Tuesday in Florida’s primary — polls predict he will _Gingrich will spend the next month trying to prove the answer is yes.
“We were dead in June and July . but we came roaring back and we will again,” Gingrich said at a rally Monday in Tampa.
Still, the former House speaker, who has pledged to fight on until the GOP convention this summer, faces a tough road out of Florida. He plunges next into a scattershot series of state contests where he has little organization and must overcome steep odds to win.
Gingrich was hoping to ride a wave of enthusiasm to a win in Florida and beyond, stoked by his decisive victory in South Carolina. But unless he pulls off an upset win Tuesday, he will have squandered that momentum heading into states that look favorable for leading rival Mitt Romney.
After being battered by the well-funded Romney political machine, the Gingrich campaign will redouble its efforts to “tell the truth about Romney faster and more efficiently than he can lie about us,” Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said.
The calendar works against Gingrich rebounding anytime soon. After a steady march
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