mr. woodhouse, do you welcome the debate over which one of them is a career politician? >> well, sure, they both are. i will say this. newt had that right. i think he may have gotten it from us. because we've been talking about that for a couple weeks. i mean, you know, mitt romney has used that charge against the president. mitt romney said he was not a career politician. he would have been. he ran for office the past nearly 20 years and now a second time for president. he's as career a politician as you get, except he finds a way to lose most of the races he runs. >> dick cheney says today not to underestimate newt gingrich. do you take his warning seriously? >> absolutely. i think what you saw the other night in iowa was someone who, you know, the betting going in was he was going to be under fierce attack. that was right. the betting was he would wilt under that attack or he would make a mistake or gaffe. not only did he come out of that debate really strong, it was mitt romney who came out of that debate in trouble. >> so have we seen the democrats play their cards