...Will the Republicans go for Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney?
Mitt Romney has a serious weakness for a candidate seeking the White House: he appears uncomfortable meeting and greeting voters. So his 45-minute door-knocking session in Manchester, New Hampshire, at the weekend was a rarity – a clear indication of growing anxiety over the sudden rise of Newt Gingrich.
Until last week, Romney had been cruising towards the Republican nomination with a quiet, barely visible campaign, apparently safe in the knowledge that, as runner-up in 2008, he was virtually guaranteed the nomination this time around. Romney focused his criticism on Barack Obama, and largely ignored his Republican rivals.
No longer.
"Gingrich is for real, and Romney has to be extremely unhappy at this point – and nervous," Norm Ornstein, an independent analyst at Washington's American Enterprise Institute, the powerhouse of neo-conservatism, said.
Gingrich has jumped within weeks from single digits in the polls to leading in three of the four early states – Iowa, South Carolina and Florida – and he is narrowing the gap in the fourth, New Hampshire. He is also picking up the remnants of Herman Cain's support.
The latest poll, by the Washington Post and ABC News, puts Gingrich on 33% in Iowa, with Mitt Romney on 18%.
"If Gingrich does not self-destruct, or stories, old and new, about his peccadilloes do not damage him, Romney will have to fight to stay above water and hope Gingrich drowns," Ornstein said. "This may be a long nomination process."
How do the two stack up? With 30 days left until the first of the contests – the Iowa caucus on January 3 – Gingrich has the momentum. But will this be enough to overcome his lack of campaign organisation?
Romney, 64, whose estimated wealth is anything between $190m and $250m, has a staff of 80, has raised
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