Gingrich Predicts He'll Carry Georgia 'Decisively' DULUTH, Ga. - On the day his home state of Georgia went to the polls, Newt Gingrich was confident enough to risk another round of "Newt Skywalker" jokes by scheduling a detour to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Alabama, with Mississippi, holds its primary next Tuesday; and both figure into Mr. Gingrich's grand strategy of reanimating his candidacy by carrying momentum from a hoped-for big win in Georgia. "I think we'll carry Georgia decisively,"" he said in a short interview on Tuesday morning before taking a charter flight to Alabama. I think our margin here will be four or five times the size of Romney's margin in Michigan. I think we'll get most of the delegates here."" The latest polls in Georgia, which awards 76 delegates, the most of any of the 10 states holding Super Tuesday nominating contests, showed Mr. Gingrich with a double-digit lead. And in a further sign that he has little intention of quitting any time soon, Mr. Gingrich was expecting Secret Service protection beginning on Wednesday, according to an online report by Fox News, which cited sources close to the campaign. If Mr. Gingrich is embarrassed by the outcome in Georgia, his campaign may be over, so he spent almost all of his time in the state in the past week. But a more telling sign of whether he gets a booster-rocket lift from Super Tuesday will come from Tennessee and, to a lesser degree, Oklahoma. If he can show his appeal is broader than just Georgia, he may be able to revive his claim to being the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, a mantle recently worn by Rick Santorum. Mr. Gingrich spent Monday in Tennessee, were the latest polls show him in a close race with Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum. That is partly attributable to a fade in the polls by Mr. Santorum as he has become identified with controversial positions on social issues. "When Rick surged," Mr. Gingrich said, "I told people there are profound reasons Rick lost the Senate seat in 2006 by the largest margin in Pennsylvania history, and ultimately he would find it a difficult candidacy to sustain."" Mr. Gingrich, who will return to Georgia on Tuesday evening for an election night party, made a sole appearance in the state before the polls close, at a business breakfast here. It was a subdued event, with the crowd expressing not so much as a ripple of reaction to his traditional red-meat lines. But the mood may not represent the sentiment of voters. Outside a nearby polling place at Duluth City Hall, almost everyone said they were Gingrich voters. "He is the only one who is putting fuel costs out there"" as an issue said Brian Garland, 37. "Fuel costs are what's closing down restaurants and businesses and causing America to go into a tailspin."" Cindy Sims, 51, said that she had also voted for Mr. Gingrich, even though "I don't know that he's going to be able to pull it off," meaning win the Republican nomination. But I felt today we needed to let people know that's who we're still rooting for and hoping that he'll be the one.