brilliantly he underlines the issue, makes himself the good guy and hurts mitt romney, it seems to me. >> again, to do that, you know, says that newt understands the dynamic he's in right now, number one. >> he's ahead. >> he's ahead, and he's -- everybody is sitting there waiting for him to fumble the ball and that can play the prevent defense all day long, but it's not going to work here, i don't believe. i believe mitt and newt have their targets cited and newt right now is in -- >> explain as a good jock the prevent defense. i use that a lot. >> the prevent defense is when you're sitting on the lead and you think you've got the game in hand and you're going to play this defense, give the guy who is trying to work his way down the field as much latitude, keep everything in front of you, don't let him get behind you and guess what happens? >> you win. the prevent defense section act lit current strategy of newt gingrich. coming up -- thank you, joan. we're learning these things with great definition. coming up, the obama campaign thinks -- seems to think a long drawn out fight