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ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that his second-place finish in the Florida primary behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is hardly a speed bump in his fight for the party’s nomination.
“It is now certain that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader Newt Gingrich and the Massachusetts moderate,” a fired-up Gingrich told a group of roughly 250 voters gathered in the ballroom of an Orlando hotel.
“We are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August,” the former House speaker said, reiterating his plans to draw out the primary fight all the way to the national convention.
Gingrich, whose campaign is running low on funds, pledged to run a “peoples’ campaign” to defeat Romney’s fundraising advantage.
“We are going to have people power defeat money power in the next six months,” he said.
Gingrich didn’t wrap up his remarks before poking fun at Romney for breaking out in song during a campaign stop Monday evening.
“I’m not running for entertainer-in-chief,” Gingrich quipped. “I’m running for president.”
