“THIS is the beginning of a long, hard slog,” said Ron Paul, at his optimistically titled “Victory Party”. “This is a hard fight because there’s so much worth fighting for,” said Mitt Romney, “and we’ve still got a long way to go.” Indeed we do. A week ago South Carolina was going to be Mr Romney’s coup-de-grace, turning Florida into an afterthought. He had won the two previous contests. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry were squabbling over the …
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