Politics / Mitt Romney 2012 Mitt Still Faces Long Slog Super PAC cash set to keep rivals going By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Feb 1, 2012 3:26 AM CST Updated Feb 1, 2012 7:37 AM CST Copied '46 States to Go' is Newt's new mantra. (Getty Images) Mitt Romney won huge in Florida, but this race isn't over yet. Here's what the pundits are taking away from this one: Romney has a much tougher fight ahead than John McCain did at this stage in 2008, analysts tell the LA Times. The reason: super PACs. In the past, primary defeats cut off a candidate's fundraising, but now deep-pocket donors, like Newt Gingrich's pal Sheldon Adelson, can keep shoveling in cash. story continues belowAverage IQ is 100. What's Yours? Answer 20 multiple choice questions to find out.Avg IQ is 100. Find our your score in less than 10 minutes! Taken by over 1M users so far. 76,162 users tested today.Free IQ TestClick HereUndoPeople in Columbus are Loving Martha Stewart's Meal KitMartha Stewart & Marley Spoon UndoWSOP Poker Finally on Desktop: The King of Poker Games Is Breaking RecordsGet On It Now And Experience It With 1,000,000 Free Poker ChipsWorld Series of PokerPlay NowUndo As his Obama-focused victory speech indicated, Romney will once again be running two campaigns: one for the nomination and one for the general election, Politico observes. But it'll be a tricky balance, because voters may have actually liked the attack dog version of Mitt. "Inevitability restored," declares John Dickerson of Slate. Romney has won the biggest contest, and "rolls on wheels that are made of money." He even did well in north Florida, an area much like the southern states Gingrich is counting on. Then again, it's worth noting that self-proclaimed "very conservative" voters still weren't behind Romney; they backed Gingrich 43% to 29%, and overall 41% said Romney wasn't conservative enough. Plus, Jonathan Bernstein of the Washington Post thinks there might be a "weird equilibrium in which Gingrich's popularity rises every time he's out of it, and people stop reminding Republican voters about all the reasons they should oppose him." Of course, it "then sinks rapidly as soon as they do." (More Mitt Romney 2012 stories.) Report an error