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Some of the attacks that took place here and perhaps go forward and outline some of his ongoing criticism of newt gingrich. >> brett: we're hearing that romney may take the stage at 8:25. to the gingrich campaign. steve harrigan is in orlando. >> reporter: when you have the results out there. it was greeted by silence with the small number of gingrich supporters. they seemed to know it was coming. gingrich made it earlier today the fight will go on. he expected to continue at least five or six more months. also the tone of the fight is likely to be the same. gingrich claims he was carpet bombe...

Mid-week last week, romney's side had run 13,500 and and gingrich campaign just 200 but romney says he is defending himself from attacks from gingrich. >> we came to florida and speaker gingrich didn't win the debate, i did. we responded. the attacks that were coming to us. if you are attacked, i'm not going to sit back and i'm going to fight back hard. >> reporter: he fought back hard with more than $17 million in advertising, out spending the gingrich side by more than five to one. >> shep: sometimes negative campaigning turns off the electorate. any sign that the voters were turned off by a...

Doesn't give him the right to rewrite history. >> we're not going to beat barack obama with guy with swiss bank accounts. >> he was fine but ethics violations and he had to resign in disgrace. >> what a pathetic situation, to be running for the president of the united states with nothing positive to say for yourself and all you have to do is tear your opponent down so they are smaller than you are. that is the romney model. lying about negative campaigning when he launched a negative campaign in south carolina. >> shep: polls show it may have helped romney's campaign after south carolina. ne...

colorado. and later, newt gingrich holding a rally in reno, nevada. mitt romney's win in florida follows a brutal and bitter campaign already, but it paid off for romney who won by 46% of the vote compared to 32% for gingrich, and rick santorum got 13% of the vote as ron paul got 7%. on the starting point, mitt romney said it didn't bother him that newt gingrich didn't call to congratulate him. >> as said long ago, politics ain't bean bag, and we are battling to become the nominee, and he will do it the way he thinks is best, and i will do it the way i think is best. so far my proc...

That suggest your father could lose by double digits but who knows. as i said repeatedly on this show, no one predicted what happened in south carolina. so we'll keep our powder dry until the voters tell us. there is if you have road ahead regardless when you look at states like nevada and michigan where romney has been strong in 2008. jackie, thank you for your time. good luck today. we'll be watching from new york. okay? >> thank you very much. bill: also mitt romney, likely gingrich's biggest competitor in florida, what is his strategy now in the closing moments and beyond? we'll get reacti...