Miami: Mitt Romney strode into the final 48 hours of the pivotal Florida Republican primary campaign with the confidence of a resurgent front-runner, predicting he'll win in Tuesday's voting while looking ahead to future contests.
His main rival Newt Gingrich hustled around the state, trying to rekindle the energy that lifted him to victory in the South Carolina primary on Jan 21.
He acknowledged the possibility he could lose here but vowed to stay in the contest, fighting Romney all the way to the party's national convention in late August.
Outspent 3-1 on television advertising in Florida during the campaign's closing week, Gingrich was working to raise his profile on the cheap in conversations with reporters on Saturday.
He was appearing on two nationally televised Sunday talk shows.
Gingrich has been under heavy attack from Romney and allies of the former Massachusetts governor. Romney had spent the past several days, including during two Florida debates, sharply criticising Gingrich's discipline, temperament and ethics during and after his time as the speaker of the House of Representatives in the 1990s.
Romney changed his line of attack yesterday to refocus his criticism on President Barack Obama.
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