Santorum and Gingrich debate Friday.

[Wonkish1]

And people didn't believe me when I said that Newt wont let up when he's up in the polls. By any campaign standard Newt should be going safe right now and avoiding any opportunities to give someone else a shot.

But he doesn't just want to eek by. He wants to win by the biggest margin possible and he wont pass on any opportunity that may expand his lead(even by a little).

There is another reason why he's doing this particular thing(Lincoln Douglas) when he's up, but maybe I'll get into that some other time.

[Wonkish1]

Newt clearly views Santorum as more debate practice. Be careful what you wish for...

More so he views him as someone who accepted opposed to Romney that is too scared to do it. As these one on one debates continue Romney will look like a baboon for being the last one who will refuse to debate.

Santorum and Gingrich actually somewhat like each other so...

Yep that is another factor.