Jarred by his South Carolina primary loss, GOP front-runner Mitt Romney believes he’s halted Newt Gingrich’s surge in Florida, but Team Mitt has drawn up a stopgap plan for February just in case the former speaker pulls a surprise in tomorrow’s Sunshine State primaries.

Romney associates say that the goal is a simple one and doable: Sweep or be very competitive in the February primaries and caucuses in Maine, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Arizona and Washington.