Arrogant Romney believes he can clinch nomination by winning Florida.

TAMPA, Florida (PNN) - January 17, 2012 - Four years ago, Florida crushed Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions. This time, the GOP presidential candidate is working to ensure the state seals his nomination - regardless of what happens in South Carolina's primary on Saturday.

The Romney political machine has been grinding here for months. Romney has been aggressively courting absentee voters, blanketing the state's television airwaves, and wooing local evangelical leaders.

Florida has its primary on Jan. 31.

Romney's big push here is partly out of necessity, given that there's lingering distrust among the state's conservative voters over his candidacy. But while shoe leather and town hall-style meetings may be the mark of successful campaigns in the first two voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, the logistics of running for president in Florida - a state roughly the size of six New Hampshires with double the combined populations of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - require a great deal of money.

Romney’s Florida team has been making phone calls and knocking on doors since last September. He and his allies have been running television ads here for almost a month. No other campaign is on the air.

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