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January 29, 2012

Gingrich discounts polls suggesting Romney's up by double digits in Florida

After attending service at a mega Baptist Church north of Tampa, the former House Speaker said he's prepared to keep his campaign going -- no matter what happens Tuesday -- saying that the race will be closer than the polls suggest -- and that regardless, Mitt Romney won't get a majority.

"I think that the election will be substantially closer than the two polls that came out this morning," Gingrich said, noting polls as recently as two days ago showed him even with Romney. "The most significant thing in both the polls this morning is that when you add the two conservatives together, we clearly beat Romney. I think Romney’s got a very real challenge in trying to get a majority at the convention."

He dismissed Romney as a timid manager and cast himself as a big thinker, noting his plans for a lunar colony.

"I believe in an America of big solutions, big ideas," he said. "I believe if we unleash the American people, we will rebuild the American dream and I think the contrast between the timidity of a Massachusetts moderate who’s a manager and the boldness of a Reagan conservative whose prepared to be a visionary, prepared to talk about big solutions."

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