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Understand super tuesday is another day and that's not until march. >> rick santorum is living off the land. he has got to keep winning. he has only had caucus wins that aren't binding. they don't give hip the delegates, they give him momentum. on super tuesday this is a massive election. a lot of delegates at stake. if he doesn't come out this presuper tuesday warmup with a good showing and the ability to say he's in the fight to go, the danger cop that republicans say let's celt on romney and go away. megyn: are you seeing anything different in the santorum surge than you saw in the gingrich...

Byron josh, -- york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner. what does this tell you? >> a lot of polls including the new fox poll with gingrich a big lead among republicans. republicans in south carolina, florida, their top priority is beating president obama. they say i would like to have a candidate who i most agree with philosophically, politically, a lot say that is newt gingrich but more importantly they would like to see a candidate who can beat obama. they will take numbers like this when they vote in the caucuses on january 3rd in iowa and primaries after that. bill...

>> brian: have a great weekend. thanks so much for watching and stay tuned for the after the show show. that's coming up. >> steve: i'm cozy. let it snow, let it snow. time to go, time to go. >> gretchen: tgif, everyone. that is premium swag we say, huh? all right, good morning, everybody. newt gingrich is the frontrunner but is the best candidate to take on president obama? a brand new fox polling numbers in the race for the nomination showing thought newt extending his lead but who has a better shot beating the president? that is completely different category with a different answer. good mo...

Whether the full-court press from romney's team which is in great evidence right now, can it work against a surging newt gingrich? bill: the sinker of an ad from a romney team, is it is a zinger. we'll show that to you. herman cain making some of the first comments since this past weekend suspending his campaign. he taked to sean hannity about his decision and the chances he would get back in the race? >> personally disappointed because we were making some great progress. but it boils down to two words, family first. no plans to reemerge, here's why. if i were to reemerge, then the spin will s...

Top two most probable republican rivals are perceived as better leaders, stronger leaders than the president, that is not good news for him at any time. bill: also, i think this goes to the original question of the horse race between mitt romney and newt gingrich. who's a true conservative? on the left side of your screen, mitt romney gets 40%. on the right, newt gingrich get as whopping 53% which probably explains his surge i would say in these recent primary polling states. >> absolutely. the republican voters have been looking for somebody who is a smart and capable as mitt romney and more ...