On Fox News this morning, Newt Gingrich jabbed Mitt Romney while responding to polls showing him vaulting into the top-tier.
"I think you've had a series of people -- it started with Tim Pawlenty, and then Michele Bachmann, and then Rick Perry, then Herman Cain -- there've been a series of people who've, sort of, auditioning for being the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.
And Mitt Romney's being very stable and very steady, and now, we're in a situation where -- to some extent -- people are looking at Newt Gingrich and having to decide: do they like the solutions I'm offering?"
So far, Gingrich has shown great restraint in hitting Romney, but this might be the beginnings of his case.
Yesterday, a Public Policy Polling survey showed Newt leading Romney by 10%, while a CNN poll had Romney up by 2%.
That earned Gingrich the rare distinction of being the lead story on both The Drudge Report and Huffington Post at the same time.
