juan and mary katharine with analysis. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the mitt romney sunk -- surge in florida that's the latest from a poll taken in florida. most of the other polls have romney out in front as well. what has happened since south carolina? well, romney has spent millions on tv ads raising questions about speaker gingrich's history, mostly political but the ads are strongly negative. gingrich has fought back to some extent but he cannot match the romney cash. also governor romney did well in the last debate slowing down the gingrich momentum. nevertheless, the speaker continues to warn about a possible romney nomination. on abc yesterday gingrich listed his own accomplishments and then hammered romney. >> all the this is wiped away by romney's totally phony history, which he that continues to repeat. we have a fight over whether somebody can be fundamentally

he is the guy, mary katharine. he has got it. he is coming on.e led every poll. >> we followed this cycle every time and what's happening for santorum right now he is hitting his surge at exactly the right time. >> bill: what happened to newt gingrich. >> because he got attacked. he got attacked with a bunch of attack ads. >> bill: isn't that too easy though. >> not too easy. actually brought up stuff that happened in people's past that matters. they were reminded in full force. santorum has a couple of things that are problematic. stuff he said about earmarks that perry has hit him on. there will be much less time to take a whack at him before new hampshire and south carolina which works in his ad vantage, of course. some of these folks who say they could change their mind before tuesday. this thing is up in the air. but i think so perry could maybe surprise a little bit. i don't think as much as san forum. both of them might have use and money enough to move forward. >> mary katharine ham is discounting newt gingrich this evening. is that right

he is the guy, mary katharine. he has got it. he is coming on.led every poll. >> we followed this cycle every time and what's happening for santorum right now he is hitting his surge at exactly the right time. >> bill: what happened to newt gingrich. >> because he got attacked. he got attacked with a bunch of attack ads. >> bill: isn't that too easy though. >> not too easy. actually brought up stuff that happened in people's past that matters. they were reminded in full force. santorum has a couple of things that are problematic. stuff he said about earmarks that perry has hit him on. there will be much less time to take a whack at him before new hampshire and south carolina which works in his ad vantage, of course. some of these folks who say they could change their mind before tuesday. this thing is up in the air. but i think so perry could maybe surprise a little bit. i don't think as much as san forum. both of them might have use and money enough to move forward. >> mary katharine ham is discounting newt gingrich this evening. is that right?

here is mary katharine's. >> we are in south carolina.outh carolina in the revolutionary war had a young 13-year-old named andrew jackson. he was sabered by a british officer and wore a scar his whole life. andrew jackson had a pretty clear cut idea about america's enemies. kill them. [cheers] >> bill: why? are you blood thirsty? why is that your favorite moment? >> i think it's interesting what it shows about newt gingrich who talked about the exchange with juan williams and their personalities romney vs. gingrich. this is -- he speaks with a little bit of flourish. he brings some history in. he tells a story. and he is not afraid to land a punch on someone. now that is he back to shifting going after moderators, media and democrats, is he looking much stronger. >> bill: blood personality trait as he is. as i said to charles krauthammer, in the general race, not the republic primary, but the general race, when he goes kill them. >> yes. >> bill: i'm not sure, you know the independent women are going kill who? who are we going to kill? >>