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Accounts. i think, i think, mika, more to the point, there may be a few years back there, where mitt romney, the guy worth $300 million, $400 million, paid nothing in taxes. i think that's what they're really afraid of. >> that's painful. >> for the long run. >> donny? >> i would love to ask everybody around the table a human gut question, forget republican, democrat, conservative, liberal, as a human being, as humans we vote for another human being, when you hear all this stuff, at the end of the day, do you really feel this guy is an absolute straight shooter? and you just don't in your gut....

Important factors, we just alluded to. the voters said they thought mitt romney could be in charge of that the best. 52%. newt gingrich 30% and so on. surprising or not? >> not really. i think this is a manifestation of the fact that mitt romney has had terrific message discipline talking about his private sector experience, his experience as a job creator. i really think mitt romney is beginning to connect on this issue. it will be the dominant issue in november. >> now, who best understands the problems of the average american? you wouldn't be -- you wouldn't think off the cuff that it would...

A lot of candidates when they're losing say things like, i'll fight until the end. we will fight all the tway to te end. newt gingrich is angry enough at mitt romney and the establishment. and he has enough of a base in the south among conservatives that he can fight all the way till -- to tampa or at least all the way till june and really be a problem for romney. >> and also, jon huntsman is looking forward four years, just like romney in '08. gingrich is 68 years old, he's had a national name since 1978, he's got a guy worth $22 billion that's writing checks for him that can keep him going, ...

Sheldon adelson. it is for normal people. >> you vegas guys. >> exactly. that's the kind of pocket change we find under our couch cushions. $10 million for a guy worth $22 billion is not that much. there is a history between sheldon adelson and newt. this is personal loyalty. the first $5 million it looked like newt gingrich was going down and then made the south carolina comeback and suddenly sheldon adelson looks like a political genius and his wife who wrote the second $5 million check. i think they will wait and see what happens after florida. they are coming to nevada. you guys always for...

Not investments. >> don't you agree it is important to do things that are actually productive to society, not just legal? >> bill: that is your opinion that it is productive to society. your opinion is that he should pay more. >> measure in terms of market value. >> bill: when john kerry took his yacht and registered it in rhode island instead of massachusetts, okay, i didn't hear progressive america scream that a guy worth $300 million was trying to dodge yacht taxes by registering it in a lower tax state. we didn't hear a thing. this is political, i think you know that. >> right. sure. it's ...