Newt Gingrich may be a pain in Mitt Romney's neck but he is not the only problem Romney has in Florida. Part of Mitt's problem is the help he's hired. If I expect to win in Florida I'm going to hire the people who ran Marco Rubio's campaign not those who ran Charlie Crist's but not Mitt. Romney has hired Stuart Stevens. Stevens and partner Russ Schriefer are the principals in the high-profile Stevens & Schriefer Group. These are the moderate consultants who offered Crist clever advice when he hugged Obama. Okay, maybe the hug was an ad lib the the general tone of Crist's administration which saw him lose to Rubio was pure Steven & Schiefer. Even moderation should be practiced with moderation.
Stevens & Schriefer specialize in helping Republican candidates running in blue states by flaking off the moderate voters from the Democrats. Guess what? Florida isn't a blue state and this is a Republican primary not a general election. Gingrich has fired up the conservative base and Romney's people are preaching "moderation". Florida political junkies are comparing this race to the Crist-Rubio race and if they are correct Romney may follow Crist into political oblivion.
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