he had good answers to some of the challenging questions, like, for example, he was challenged on his past marital history and he had a very good answer to that that i think, you know, seemed to resonate with people. so, i think it s keeping the dynamic in the same place, which is mitt versus newt. tj, did mitt do anything to cut into newt s lead. mitt had a lot of attacks on gingrich. the problem is you get defined by the sound bite and the sound bite, i ll wager $10,000 and it made him look like thurston howard iii. it could have been worse, he could have said i ll wager you to a fois gras eating contest. dave: there was an opportunity to separate himself from newt. said what s the difference between you and newt and started with a lunar landing