of all the folks in the field he's the most electable. everyone else is going to settle for mitt. now you don't have to settle for mitt. you have a fighter. you have someone prepare d to g out there and do the smackdown with the president, go toe to toe. one of the buzz -- i'm sure you've heard it, too -- can you imagine the debate with his the president on stage, the mono e mono? it motivates people. >> for the last republican debates, mitt romney's the best. he did great. he did great. he's ready to take on the president. what happened to all of that? >> i think all of that was thrown out the door by the consistent, steady performance of newt gingrich, going back to the implosion of his campaign. he very methodically -- >> romney was judge d to have wn virtually every one of those debates. >> it comes down to not just who