Newt's (fleeting?) moment

摘要

When the Titanic steamed serenely into its iceberg 100 years ago, those on board could at first not believe that the great ship would go down. Mitt Romney is at least not making that mistake. After his astonishing defeat in South Carolina's primary on January 21st, the man who looked invulnerable just a week before has ordered his campaign into panic mode. Mr Romney and Restore Our Future, the deep-pocketed superPAC that backs him, spent this week firing broadside upon broadside at Newt Gingrich, the pugnacious former House Speaker whose own campaign was recently under water. But time is short. The polls, though now slightly in Mr Romney's favour, still suggest that Mr Gingrich has a chance of beating him again when Florida, the first big state to vote, holds its primary on January 31st.