Romney has money, momentum in GOP race

Romney has money, momentum in GOP race

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said today that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is regrouping after a significant loss and faces serious disadvantages in the next states to vote. Romney, who won big in Florida with a barrage of negative ads, predicted the tone of the GOP campaign was “just a precursor to what you’ll see” from President Barack Obama in the general election. And he said voters paid more attention to what they heard in the campaign debates than whatever ads were flooding the airwaves.