For the first time tonight, Newt Gingrich will take the debate stage at the top of the 2012 GOP presidential pack. A new CNN-ORC has the former house speaker capturing 24% of the vote. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney trails in second place with 20%.
This morning on American Morning, Alina Cho talks with Ron Brownstein about how Gingrich's frontrunner status will play out in tonight's CNN debate.