ROCHESTER, MI - NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) Former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich, former massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former ceo of godfather's pizza Herman Cain look on prior to a debate hosted by CNBC and the Michigan Republican Party at Oakland University on November 9, 2011 in Rochester, Michigan. The debate is the first meeting of the eight GOP presidential hopefuls since allegations of sexual impropriety have surfaced against front-runner Herman Cain. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Watch out: here comes Newt Gingrich.
The Republican presidential candidate is gaining ground on Mitt Romney in South Carolina, just days before the critical, first-in-the-South primary, according to several new polls.
A Politico survey released Thursday shows the ex-Massachusetts governor with 37% support among likely GOP voters. Gingrich is on Romney's heels, trailing behind at 30%.
Libertarian-minded Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex.) trails behind with 11%, followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's 10% and Rick Perry's meager 4%.
Those results echoed a new NBC News/Marist poll, showing Gingrich trailing behind Romney by 10 points.
In that survey, which was taken on Monday and Tuesday, the numbers were strikingly different before and after Monday's debate, in which Romney was ripped by his rivals for not releasing his tax records (he later hedged and said he would make the documents public in April).
Before the debate, Romney was ahead of Gingrich in the poll by 15 points, but on Tuesday the advantage slimmed down to just five points.
Gingrich got another boost on Thursday after news broke that Texas Gov. Rick Perry was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing him.
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