Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says he is in for the long haul after finishing second to John McCain in the New Hampshire Republican Primary:
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Romney himself pledged a long fight for the GOP nomination. He held out his second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, with a victory in Wyoming wedged between, as testimony to his 50-state strategy.
"There have been three races so far. I've gotten two silvers and one gold - thank-you Wyoming," Romney said in a spartan seven-minute address conceding the race.
"On to Michigan and South Carolina and Florida and Nevada," Romney added. "I'll fight to be back here in November in those states and others."
A Romney intimate, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the candidate, said the campaign was "going to take the shackles off, have him be less measured.
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