mitt romney is helping the president make that case. >> actually, i did the math. it's about seven times the average median income for a family. it's an incredible advantage. compared to the money he's pulling in a year. relatively a small part of his income. but he ought to be thinking, since he wants to be president of the united states, about the united states, not about him. >> that would be helpful when running for president of the united states. i think what we're finding out here is that the president is looking a lot better in the matchups, but it has little to do with him. he's being more comfortable getting his point across, but he's benefiting from what might be called the gingrich bounce. newt gingrich has succeeded in trashing romney. >> he's doing a great job. >> far better than david axelrod. romney is down to only 30% or so view him favorably. obama is back up into the 50s. these are related things. gingrich succeeded in making romney as unpopular as newt is.