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Even if it's by a small margin, he's president of the united states. why did he -- why do you think he did that? do you think it was a personal thing or do you think it was political that they said, hey, we really need to disqualify this guy the momentum's on romney's side. >> i think it was a combination of the two. i think when the full realization of how poorly he performed in denver washed up over top of him and hearing it from everyone knew he had to fight back and there were suggestions within the democratic party that the guy doesn't want a second term. maybe he doesn't want to be there...

They match up among independents. back in november, romney beat obama by 13 points. now obama beats romney by 9. 44 -- actually 8. 44% to 36%. it seems there's been collateral damage here. damage that might last. the question, of course, will it last? on romney's side. >> there definitely has been collateral damage. this has been a bad patch for mitt romney who is supposed to have this wrapped up. we now know that there are vulnerabilities on the money issue, on the question of this wealth. how did he make it? you know, why does he ship it off to switzerland and the cayman islands? lots of que...