I'm thinking the exact same sentence can be written for Gingrich: "Newt Gingrich put a lot of chips on Florida, and he lost. Now the question is whether his chance to prove he is a viable alternative to Mitt Romney has slipped away for good."
After all, since Gingrich lost Florida, he has lost 5 more races, and except for one where he came in 2nd, has been a complete non-factor.
But clearly the pro-Newt folks believe he can come back, and in fact are certain of it. Which means they should realize that the Santorum folks probably believe exactly the same thing. And the rest of us are just hoping ONE of the two can come back and win, and that they don't spend the rest of their time and money just attacking each other.
Your man Romney and the rest of the GOP-e and all the guns they could aim at the conservative, were unleashed in Florida, to stop Gingrich.
Your sustained campaign against Gingrich shows that the Romney crowd still consider him a threat.