gingrich beating mitt romney. 26 hearse to 22%. 24%, 22%. across the board, he is winning against mitt romney in four national polls. this is an amazing occurrence for someone that was written off by all of the wise political observers just a couple of months ago. >> it sure is. we've seen something like this with john mccain. but this isn't john mccain. when i look at newt gingrich leading in the polls, it tells me that the republican primary process has become some sort of a mass suicide movement. it is just so hard to imagine the republicans giving this gift to a very vulnerable president obama, as you were discussing with bob. we've got the family values party getting involved with this guy who's on his third marriage. you have the cut the budget party dealing with this guy who's got all these problems