mitt romney on the defense. we are just three weeks away from the first presidential contest of the 2012 campaign, and the attacks are in full force. let s be candid. the only reason you didn t become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. wait a second. now wait a second. that s wait a second. paul steinhauser is joining us from des moines. gingrich survived. how did he do it? exactly, kyra. listen, newt gingrich, the reason he jumped in the polls and surged the last couple of months is because he has been doing very well in these debates. we saw it again saturday night. as everybody suspected, newt gingrich now that he is a front-runner here in the first state to hold a contest in the caucus of primary calendars, we knew he would come under attack. he did. from mitt romney and from the others. but he seemed to have the measured response each time. now, this squabble that you just played over the debate saturday night has been continuing between