mistyfied by romney's response. i would have called them earlier and more forcefully than they have. >> jonathan, to sum up -- it was tougher for us to hear. >> i heard it. >> rove mystified about how the romney campaign has handled this situation. >> thought romney had a bad summer, in part, because he was acting strangely when it came to his tax returns. why keep that an issue, drag it out and not put more of them out there to stop the issue? haley barbour, by the way, made similar comments later in the morning and had a very memorable line talking about the obama campaign trying to portray romney as this exotic rich guy. he said they're trying to portray him as a wealthy bureaucratic who has the life as a known equestrian. that has defined romney all summer. >> i think i would have handled it differently. the x factor here, of course, is