<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Jim Rutenberg and Katharine Seelye]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=24014Author <![CDATA[Mitt, Newt Scrap Amid Shifting Fortunes]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 His fortunes turned upside down in the span of a week, Newt Gingrich sought on Sunday to rally his grass-roots coalition against the heavy campaign machinery of Mitt Romney, whose resurgence was punctuated by new polls showing his lead in Florida widening two days ahead of the Republican presidential primary here.

With new backing from Herman Cain and a chorus of defenders including Sarah Palin, Mr. Gingrich was seeking to consolidate his newly claimed role as the leader of the populist conservative movement and ride it through the Tuesday primary here — and, he promised, all the way to the convention at the end of the...]]>