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Chomping at the vote and then they've been hurting each other. back to the issue of the taxation because this is an issue that has a lot of republicans divided is they're attacking each other over the free market system and over how much they make and whether or not they're success itful. i don't care if mitt romney -- it doesn't bother me that he paid a 15% tax rate. what bothers me is that working families in america are paying more than 15%. >> thank you. >> we need to get those tax rates down for everybody. but for republicans to attack each other over success and over using the free marke...

>> really. >> it's amazing, especially in context of the comparison to gingrich who had an equally predictable question coming and answered it, you know, was clearly just ready, armed for bear -- >> many would say a much tougher question. >> and he turned that tough question to his advantage yesterday. romney with a totally predictable question manages to, you know, flub it completely again, and it is, you know, it's not just the staff, i think there's something about him. he is really not comfortable talking about this issue. and there's a failure of preparation, but there's also something go...

Marriage. john king went right there and newt gingrich struck back as you saw to a standing ovation to the audience in south carolina. that was amazing. >> look at these numbers. this happened as a backdrop, mika, of newt gingrich blowing ahead. >> surging ahead. >> of mitt romney, it was an incredible moment, wasn't it? >> it was. and i wonder, actually, everyone saw the debate last night. all right. here's my question, did you think that was an appropriate question at the top of the debate? >> yes. >> little debate in the room. >> all right. well, i think republicans would say no and democra...

Would react to an unforced moment or spontaneous moment. but this was clearly a game plan. they made a very tactical decision to open with that issue. i think you could argue that the fact that he had just released his taxes an hour earlier and mitt romney had so much difficulty as you were saying earlier dealing with that question, that would have been one way to open it because it's an economic issue that's dividing the country. and so gingrich has released his taxes, mitt romney, what is your response? >> sure, that is where you begin, perhaps. do you completely leave it out? >> no, absolut...

Start a debate. in fact, i think i would have left it out of the debate. >> why is that? >> well, think about this. it's not -- we're talking about the issues of the economy, we're talking about the issues of policy, but how many americans out there have gone through the pain of a divorce and would like that put out on the national stage? it was a very uncomfortable moment for people in the auditorium. i don't think cnn was trying to set him up. i think they were trying to deal with a hot potato, i think john king did a pretty good job with the debate. but it really played into newt gingrich's...