negative battle not only wastes his opportunity to send his message, it renews the charges against him. gives everyone else an opportunity to keep hitting him and hitting him. it's a very smart thing to do in iowa because the news media will cover that debate and newt's great at debating. this catapulted him to the front of the pack. if he gets a debate with romney, who should not agree to do that, by the way, then he can spread that message, people will be watching it and he can refocus the message on what he can do, his intelligence, his experience rather than all of the side show stuff that's being emphasized in all of the negative ads. it's a smart maneuver. i don't see romney taking the bait, but it's a smart maneuver. >> do you think this strategy will politically play out? >> i think that nobody knows what's going to happen. i also think this congressional mess in the house is really probably going to hurt newt gingrich the most because when he brings up speaker, speaker, speaker and all that house is experience, the house republicans are not popular people right now and they seem