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Live in charleston, south carolina. mark haleprin still with us. joining us now msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> eugene! >> host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. let's get right to it. >> by the way, our good friend chris christie -- >> please give him my regards. >> he loves you. >> yes, yes. >> and we're going to get you guys together. >> we'll work it out. >> maybe over a bowl of soup and salad and you guys can work that out. >> absolutely. and we'll take a walk afterwards. >> dressing on the side. >> we hate it when your good friends don't get along, but i think we...

Was primed to go after john king on something. and it was a gimme he had the opportunity in the very first question. >> but you said that republicans in south carolina hate what? you said they hate the news media more than they hate open marriages or something along those lines that they would rather side with newt on this very personal question. >> i think it's also that people -- everyone has had trouble in their lives, family members, whatever. and mark haleprin and i were talking about this brought us back to 1992 and the trash for cash comment that bill clinton unleashed against jennifer ...

Romney can't get his arm around this basic question? >> i didn't think he handled it as well as he could've. you're right. he should've anticipated the question. why not get it out of the way early? i don't think the gentleman has anything to be embarrassed or ashamed about even though his taxation rate was 15%. it's due to the fact that his companies that he's invested in already paid corporate taxes at the rate of 35% and 40%. so he's only being taxed on 15%, but in total, it's over half the earnings of that company. >> mark haleprin, obviously his campaign, they're political operatives, peo...

The president is a very smart man, but if he wins in november, that won't be the reason. it will be luck. he could not have chosen more self-destructive adversaries. >> krauthammer as always nails it. >> yeah. that's about as crystallizing as it comes and searing, as well. >> the republican field, mark haleprin has moved this race on to president obama's terrain. >> if, as it appears right now, there are two options for the republican nomination, newt gingrich and mitt romney. the republican establishment is unhappy with newt gingrich. and you have people like haley barbour saying if gingrich ...

New revelations may disrupt newt gingrich's campaign. tonight abc news is apparently airing an interview with the former speaker's second wife maryann. in a preview of what could be in store, she has been saying as far back as the 1990s that she could end her former husband's career with a single interview. >> the question, mark haleprin, you used to work at abc newsment why does abc news put this on the air at perhaps the most pivotal point in this campaign yet where newt gingrich, you know -- if it were a third or fourth level candidate, thad be one thing. newt is moving forward. it makes ab...