Romney predicts he will lose Iowa

[WI_DEM]

Via Teagan Goddard, the St. Petersburg Times reports Mitt Romney privately told supporters in Tallahassee that he thinks he'll lose to a tea party candidate in Iowa, but that he'll ultimately win the nomination by prevailing in Florida:

Romney predicted a Tea Party favorite would win Iowa and that he would take New Hampshire, according to interviews with six people in the audience. Romney told the crowd he would seal the nomination by then winning Florida's Republican contest.

www.dailykos.com

[ProSense]

1. Interesting that Romney is banking on Florida and writing off Iowa. n/t

[WI_DEM]

2. he's following McCain's game plan

lose Iowa, win NH and eliminate any challengers by taking FL. Of course South Carolina is in there somewhere, too, and I think Cain or Gingrich have a real chance there.

[TheWraith]

5. It was Giuliani's game plan too. nt

[AlinPA]

7. IMO, he won't win any southern state in the primaries. Gingrich is coming on strong now.

Gingrich needs to borrow some crazy religious talk from Bachmann and throw some birther stuff out and he will do even better. Announcing "God told me to run " would help him.

[alp227]

6. and then maybe a few phantom ballots?

[GodlessBiker]

3. Didn't Giuliani place his chips on the Florida primary?

[WI_DEM]

4. Yes as did Romney last time, too.