of course, we can defeat barack obama. that's the easy part. believe me, november 6th will be the easiest day our next president is going to face. >> newt gingrich also gave a fiery speech just moments ago. there's a new poll out that shows santorum surging nationally. catch this. what kind of momentum does he have going into the next few weeks? mark halperin was in the middle of it all. he's msnbc's senior political analyst and a "time" magazine editor at large. david corn is the washington b buree -- buree chief for mother jones and a political analyst here for msnpc as well. gentlemen, let's look at the polling. this is from fox news. it has some fascinating findings. the poll was conducted from monday through thursday of this week. in the first two days of this ç week, romney has a big lead. his closest opponent is gingrich.