Romney: Gingrich Offers Sign He’s ‘Going to Lose’
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EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — Mitt Romney said that Newt Gingrich’s pledge to stay in the race until the Republican convention is an “indication” he thinks he’s going to lose the nomination.
“That’s usually an indication that you think you’re going to lose,” said Romney in an impromptu press conference aboard a charter flight flying between Jacksonville and Clearwater.
“When you say I’m going to go on no matter what happens, that’s usually not a good sign,” he said. “I’m hopeful to get the delegates I need and be at the convention with the number that’s needed to be the nominee. But, you know, everybody has the right to stay as long as they’d like.”
Romney also voiced his optimism about the state of the race in Florida. “It feels good at this point,” he said. “In South Carolina the crowds were good, but you could sense that it wasn’t going our way. Here the crowds are good, and you can sense its coming our way. It’s getting better every day.”
Asked what states going forward he sees as an “uphill battle,” a term he first used to describe the state of the race in South Carolina, Romney said both Minnesota and Nevada pose challenges.
“Minnesota is a state that is hard to predict, how they’ll make a decision,” he said. “Nevada has a strong Tea Party component that I’d like to connect with.”
Romney also spilled the beans on the campaign’s schedule after the Florida primary, saying that they will make a campaign stop in Minnesota on Wednesday before continuing on to Nevada.
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