It appears that Newt Gingrich’s terrible debate performance Monday night did not get lost in this week’s busy news cycle after all. Two new polls show that Mitt Romney has not only erased the brief lead Gingrich had after the South Carolina primary, but is now surging ahead.

First, CNN posted a poll conducted Sunday through Tuesday showing Romney barely ahead of Gingrich 36 percent to 34 percent. But CNN also reported that while Gingrich was up in Sunday’s interviews, 38 percent to 36 percent, Romney had pulled ahead in Monday and Tuesday’s interviews by a 38 percent to 29 percent margin.

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