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This is as of yesterday, 35%. romney is down a little but not a lot. it looks like he's taking from gingrich. is that true? >> what we have seen consistently throughout this year is mitt romney's numbers have been steady. other candidates have come and gone. nobody has been able to stay in that lead. we'll see if santorum can stand up to that challenge. megyn: there is something going on with the romney campaign at this moment with respect to rick santorum trying to make some dings in his armor. but let's talk about gingrich and the effect on gingrich. you say that the one who should be most i...

Newt gingrich. on the 28th in michigan and arizona, the first primaries in a month, santorum needs to dispatch newt gingrich and double him up the way he's doing in these new numbers from scott. the most significant thing i see in this is the fact that if it's just romney head-to-head with gingrich, romney wins. but santorum versus romney, santorum wins. megyn: this is according to scott. these are your polls. you matched them up. let's pro tend it's a two-man race. they went 51% romney, 32% gingrich. but when you say it's just and forum and romney, a different result, scott. >> we have asked ...

Any attention at all to those negative ads running against me. let's turn to john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine. great to have you with us tonight. happy new year. thanks for all your work on this show this year. >> thank you, ed. >> you're on the campaign trail -- you bet. you're on the campaign trail, you see how newt gingrich is handling all this. how would you characterize his position right now? is this damage control? >> i was with newt this morning. in fact, i hadn't planned to cover him. it turned out he was at my hotel. when i came down to get coffee, i ra...

Poll that we showed earlier, romney is at top with 23%, but that's not even matching the 25% he got in iowa back in 2008. when he came in second to mike huckabee. should he be worried? does he have this sealed up? >> he should be worried only if there was a last minute coalesce sense of the religious right and conservative voters around one candidate. that's why they're running negative ads against santorum. he has to get by santorum so he can become the alternative to romney. he has the resources. he has the organization. he might give romney a run for his money. if this thing ends up romney ...

>> judge jeanine: and they have to believe you and look at you in the eyes and say i like this guy and they obviously liked you. let's talk about gingrich. someone tell me what has happened in the last two weeks that caused this guy to catapult in the polls? he is at the head of the pack. what happened? >> mike: he has had exceptional debate performances. newt knows how to answer a question in a way that says gosh, he understands that, he gets that and he has an answer for it. people are looking for that. and he has been rather bold in many of h his comments. i think they love the debates when...