>> to the battle for florida as the gop presidential race heats up on the heels of newt gingrich 's big win in south carolina . nbc's peter alexander is in tampa this morning. peter, good morning to you.
>> reporter: matt, good morning to you. after being badly beaten in south carolina mitt romney hustled to florida to get a head start. having spent millions in this state already since the beginning of the month. romney 's senior advisers say you can expect him to ramp up the rhetoric against newt gingrich going forward, that we'll begin to see a more confrontational mitt romney and we are already beginning to see it on the campaign trail. looking to capitalize on his resounding south carolina win, newt gingrich arrives in florida today , focused on momentum and money.
>> in florida my case is simple. you have a clear establishment candidate in mitt romney . you have somebody whose entire career has been a reagan populist conservative going all the way back to the 1970s .
>> reporter: on twitter, gingrich boasted he raised more than $1 million in less than 24 hours and asked supporters to donate more to help him deliver a knockout punch.
>> this is a decision point.
>> reporter: mitt romney is looking to the sunshine state for a comeback.
>> what's he been doing for 15 years? he's been working as a lobbyist and selling influence around washington.
>> reporter: appearing on "meet the press" earlier, gingrich denied that.
>> i was not a lobbyist. i was never a lobbyist. don't mix these things up. the fact was i was an adviser stroo teenagecally.
>> reporter: during our interview romney ridiculed that.
>> if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck.
>> reporter: what makes him unfit to be president of the united states ?
>> he was speaker of the house for four years and then was investigated by an ethics panel. those who knew him rejected him, reprimanded him and he left in shame.
>> reporter: after weeks of being coy about whether he'll release tax returns .
>> maybe.
>> reporter: he said he'll release his 2010 returns and an estimate for 2011 .
>> there are no surprises. nothing in the financial disclosure forms. we said, get it out there soon.
>> reporter: romney 's son put out this photo of his father doing laundry. do you see images like that and say, maybe i'm trying too hard to look like an average guy.
>> everybody knows i'm not an average guy.
>> reporter: are you doing your laundry on primary day?
>> we'll be on the road 30 days . who else does our laundry?
>> reporter: this state doesn't vote until january 31 is. romney said something new yesterday, ann romney referring to statements about the family's personal wealth saying they measure wealth and riches in the strength of the family. also worth noting, nearly 200,000 people in the state have already voted either by absentee or early voting.
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