From Lalit K Jha Washington, Jan 21 (PTI) With a confident Newt Gingrich showing signs of surge just hours ahead of the key Republican Presidential primary in South Carolina, longtime front-runner Mitt Romney has acknowledged that he is "battling hard" in the State where he could even end up on the losing side. "We're battling hard. The fact is that right now it looks like it's neck and neck. That's a pretty good spot to be in," Romney, 64, who till 10 days ago was leading by more than a double digit margin, said at a news conference, with Indian-American Governor of the State, Nikki Haley, standing by his side. His remarks came as latest opinion polls reflected that 68-year-old Gingrich, after two impressive performances in debates in less than a week, is closing in the gap with former Massachusetts Governor Romney and has even reached the stage of error of margin ahead of today's primary. "Do I think we could lose South Carolina? Sure. Of course," Romney's strategist Stuart Stevens said. On the other hand, the campaign of Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, was predicting that he will win South Carolina primary by four to six points. News reports and pollsters said that the manner in which Gingrich responded to the allegation by his second ex-wife that he had asked for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress, has gone in the favour of the former Speaker. When asked by a voter about his past mistakes, Gingrich had said such questions were inevitable but added that he had long since sought forgiveness. (More)
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