According to a new poll, Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital have backfired, uniting once skeptical conservatives around the former Massachusetts governor. An Insider Advantage poll, a firm that got the final Iowa finish right, conducted Sunday found that Romney has opened up a 11-point lead on Gingrich 32% – 21%. The previous Insider advantage poll, taken Wednesday, showed Romney up only two on Gingrich.

Reports on the ground from South Carolina also show that Gingrich’s Bain attack is blowing up in his face. This Saturday, at a forum hosted by Mike Huckabee, Newt was roundly booed by the conservative audience after an audience member asked him to defend his attacks on Bain.