romney bloodied gingrich a little bit over the freddie mac and fannie mae issue and i think this poll reflects the closing of that gap. >> the interesting thing is, though, tonight, it's my understanding that the audience will be able to participate again in this debate. remember monday night, they were told -- >> is that spitballs? >> probably, but that's probably more effective and to the advantage of newt gingrich if he gets in zingers, right? >> yeah. yeah. probably is. the interesting thing about this -- romney has hit gingrich with the freddie mac accusation that he was part of freddie mac when the mortgage crisis was building. and gingrich has hit romney with the accusation that he supported romneycare in massachusetts. in that exchange, the reason that i think romney may be gaining the upper hand is that everybody has watched romney rebutt that charge over and over and over. either you believe him or you don't but it doesn't add much to the fray to put on an ad.