If Romney somehow does win Iowa, I don’t see anyone else beating him down the line. Unfortunately. He will win NH, and then someone else, most likely Gingrich would win SC. From there, I would see a standoff much like 2008 where there is a two man race in FL, with the establishment Romney winning by a few percentage over the alternative. Just like McCain pulled out the victory last time over Romney as the alternative.
In a big state like FL media and TV have a lot of influence, and you can be sure some big names like Jeb Bush or someone will come out for Romney in the final days.
Our best bet was/is for Romney to finish down in in the 3rd or 4th spot in Iowa and make it clear to the nation that the voters were rejecting the anointed one. Unfortunately, most of the alternatives have failed to make their case and have been trashed by ‘the field’
Well Romney will probably take Iowa but if Newt finishes in the top 3 in NH he is probably a shoe in for SC. I think Newt will take Fl as he has a good lead and he will definitely take GA. Personally I think way too much emphasis is put on Iowa. There is a lot of resistance to Romney this year just like in 2008. Newt also now has the money to fight back. Romney spent about a gazillion dollars in negative ads on Newt in Iowa and they do tend to work. Newts pledge not to go negative was a bad idea. I have a feeling he will back off on that real quick.