votes under ron paul and take them off the board. he's not going to be a factor at the end. >> lawrence, it occurs to me that ron paul is the last hippy in america. he's the anti-war, let's legalize pot candidate. it's really amazing to see him pop up in the midst of the republican nominating process. >> you know, lawrence, if i can -- >> howard, mitt romney delivered his standard debate performance tonight, but is that still good enough? he's now in second place, and it is not just a close second place. he's now in what is a distant second place to newt gingrich and newt gingrich is polling as the candidate who would be the best commander in chief. he's polling as one who understands the complex issues the best. doesn't mitt romney have to find some new moves now against gingrich? >> yes, he absolutely does. see, now, everybody's waiting for newt to blow up. you know, newt's capable of losing his temper.