Gingrich Campaign Lowering Expectations for Key February Contests; Looking to March’s Super Tuesday

As the Newt Gingrich Campaign looks beyond today’s Florida Primary – where it looks like a win for Mitt Romney is coming – they are already lowering expectations for some of the February contests:

CNN Political Ticker: Up against Mitt Romney’s robust campaign operation and facing a tough February slog, Newt Gingrich’s campaign is tempering expectations for two major contests and largely setting its sights on March, when a slew of southern states begin to weigh in on the presidential race.

Gingrich campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond told CNN Monday that Michigan and Nevada – two states that Romney won during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign – will be difficult political terrain for the former House speaker come February.

“The toughest one is Nevada,” Hammond said.

As for Michigan, he said: “If we are looking at the six February states right now and we are going to rank them, we are not putting Michigan first.”

“Our strongest states, you look at Arizona, you look at Minnesota, Maine and Colorado,” he said.

Arizona is a primary state, while Minnesota, Maine and Colorado all have caucuses scheduled for next month. . . . Read More