in iowa newt gingrich has fallen dramatically out of first place. he's now in fourth with just 14% of the vote. what a fall. romney and paul each have jumped up five points to lead the pack, and look at rick santorum. he's tripled his support from just earlier in december. he's now running third. and in new hampshire romney has had a commanding lead with 44% of republicans choosing him as their nominee. here again gingrich has dropped substantially from just a few weeks ago, and he and ron paul are now neck and neck for a distant second. mark halperin is msnbc political analyst and also with us joining us. thank you, gentlemen. let's start with j.-mart. newt is looking like the old ç newt, people who covered him on the hill, worked with him on the hill really do recognize. he's angry and pouting and taking shots at romney and all the others. >> well, the challenge that he's had is that he has pledged to not run a negative campaign, and