all the way. what's the derivation of floundering? >> because i think a fish, flop -- >> it's the fish flopping around? >> you are floundering. >> a boat that founders is worse. >> word play with ed rendell and chris matthews and alex wagner. >> hey, richard, i miss the old above the fray newt gingrich. what happened to that guy? he was there for about 2 1/2 weeks and here he is back in the mud. >> well, he doesn't have money to do this on air in ads, and he has to do this kind of thing. i'm entertained by a man the tiffany's millionaire versus the wall street millionaire. one's $20 million, the other's worth $250 million. i don't see how this strategy's going to work, he's never going to sucker romney into it. i guess he sounds tough when he's with wolf blitzer. >> richard wolffe, thanks so