candidate. newt gingrich is a debate candidate are they not? reporter: that s right and rick perry is not a debate candidate, that s why he has sung so low. he says he s in the a great debater. he better improve or he s not going to do real well in iowa. he s at 7% in the latest poll he s got to step it up in the next several weeks or his campaign is probably going to implode. he s going to do well in iowa. megyn: i want to leave the viewers with that, iowa is known of being the state that will weed out some of the weaker candidates. they believe that could include perhaps rick santorum, bachmann, gingrich according to the political gu rurbgs s. thank you. at 2:00pm herein brand-new polls on how things are stacking up in new hampshire the first in the nation primary state. there are new moves in the gop field in this critical primary straight. scott ra rasmussen and chris stirewalt join us at the top of our next hour. south carolina is the latest