TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney now has a Florida victory to go along with his triumph in New Hampshire. Rebounding from his defeat in South Carolina, Romney collected a little less than half the vote in the Florida primary, with Newt Gingrich getting the support of about a third of the voters.
In his victory speech, Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama -- and said that the combative GOP primary battle would only make the party stronger for the fall. He said Obama had failed to fix the economy, and that it's now time for him to "get out of the way."
Rick Santorum finished a distant third in Florida, followed by Ron Paul. Neither had put in a significant effort there.

Newt Gingrich says it's now clear it will be a two-person race for the GOP presidential nomination.
The former House speaker, who finished well behind Mitt Romney in Tuesday's GOP primary, says that the Florida primary shows he will be the best candidate to oppose Romney.
While Gingrich trailed well behind Romney, he also finished well ahead of former Sen. Rick Santorum and congressman Ron Paul.
Gingrich is continuing to label Romney a moderate and says he is the conservative alternative. He says he will compete with the former Massachusetts governor in every state until the nominating convention in Tampa.
Speaking in front of a podium sign that says "46 States to go," Gingrich says he will run a campaign for the people.

Florida got exactly what it wanted by defying national party rules and scheduling an early presidential primary: attention, money and power.
For 10 days Florida was the focus of the nation as Republican candidates fought to win the biggest prize yet in the nomination process. And many believe that Romney's victory here could propel him to the nomination, though Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul vow to stay in the contest.
Yes, Florida paid a price -- it lost 49 delegates to the national convention it will host in Tampa in August. But officials say it's a small price to pay to wield influence in the process. As Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry said, the early primary benefits the state's 4 million Republicans.