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Thought, including me, was one to be one of the main, governor romneys main liability in the the election, did he score points with that? >> absolutely. rick santorums finalest moment in the campaign. he went after mitt romney there on health care and he went after gingrich in the same debate on character, and i thinks scored direct hits there. but, back to dans point whether or not newt is the flavor of the month. you look at the primary calendar, it certainly favors mitt romney going forward. ...

Gone from one to two to three and thats not going to help him ultimately i think particularly with women voters. >> why is he rising despite at that? >> i think hes been helped by the fact that mitt romney has had an especially bad week and mitt romney found out he actually lost iowa and-- >> by all of 34 votes. >> okay, but hes also had self-inflicted wounds and you mentioned the tax issue in the opening. s been very poorly prepared to answer questions he knew was coming and i think its hurt mi...

How important is that? the eyes of the primary voters? >> being a good debaters is important and probably most republican agree that newt gingrich is the strongest debater although i have to say that rick santorum had a very good night on thursday night. there are many other factors involved. theres vision, theres record and as i mentioned before. temperament and judgment and its the temperament and judgment criteria where newt has to persuade a lot of people hes up to the job. this is why the r...

>> grand 0sty has never been a problem with newt gingrichen he handles it well. a month ago hes saying its inevitable im going to win the election and im going to do it. i dont want a nominee i have to look at paper and worry about what hes going to say next. >> paul: that was rick santorum at the thursday night debate giving reservations about newt gingrichs electable and to be sure they all bring certain strengths and weaknesses to a general campaign and joining us is dan henninger and dorothy...

On the other hand, as you say, he takes it right to the opposition. >> well, you know, we have the thing in politics, fire in the belly. romney has is in terms of wanting to win, but stage presence, he doesnt have the fire that newt brings to it. i must say the fire in the debate. santorum, this guy standing at the end of the depate for months and months and unable to talk and now we found out what hes able to do and now what, hes pretty good. >> it could be too late. >> could be too wait unless...