If he can't win Florida in the primaries, and/or even get FL leadership to endorse him, I'm not sure what chance he has.

Lie in the Northern retirees--the same ones on which Giuliani based his final hopes in '08. Maybe Mitt will hold on until Arizona, where the huge Mormon vote may put him over...

Nearly all the NE states are winner-take-all primaries. That means, even if he wins narrowly, Romney will collect all those delegates in states he should win. They're going to add up and put him closer to the 1,144 needed to win. Add California, another winner-take-all, and it's hard to imagine Gingrich can pull enough delegates together to beat Romney. He'll do well in the south, maybe a few midwest states (Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri), but can he win in the west and win a few NE states to topple Romney?

I don't know.

Newt and Sanitarium. Of course Sanitarium won't go along until he loses really, really badly in FL.

Of course, then, Newt won't need him, so why bother.

never mind.

southern, put him in line for the presidency
plenty of money behind the bushes

if Newt would get Santorum's voters. Aren't they the family values voters?