If the Virginia ballot was Pearl Harbor to the Gingrich campaign, are the upcoming New Hampshire primaries the Battle of France?

Gingrich spokesman R. C. Hammond tells the Union Leader, “We will fight Romney on the airwaves, on the beaches, on Interstate 93, on WMUR, and in every county.”

If you fight on Interstate 93, look out for the traffic and construction.

UPDATE: “We were stunned by the volume of negative ads, the dishonesty of the negative ads, and Governor Romney’s absolute refusal to take any responsibility for them,” Newt Gingrich tells Chuck Todd this morning.

So wouldn’t that be the Pearl Harbor of his campaign?

“He’ll do better here, because this is one of his best states,” Gingrich says, “But even here, I think you’ll see him slide.”