chris cross that state. jenna: as the mud slings intensify, it looks like a two horse race, maybe. carl cameron will join us more on that mud we're seeing. jon: that is flying all over the place. so with mitt romney looking like he's in the driver's seat in new hampshire the main battle could be for second place, the runner up possibly gains momentum for south carolina where the race is anyone's game at this point. joining us live, tom bevin, cofounder and executive editor of real clear politics.com. so mitt romney has long been in first place in new hampshire. have you seen anything change in his numbers, is the momentum very much his way? >> yeah, i mean, we just got three new polls in the last 24 hours, we're probably going to get another three here on the eve of the debate, then the primary itself. so a lot of data coming n right now it's showing that mitt romney is holding a solid lead at 40 percent in the real clear politics average and rickson torum