>> is this mitt romney 's worst week ever? he started the week under pressure po release his tax records. then he reveals he pays 15%. financial disclosure forms show he earned $375,000 in speaker fees. then his campaign admits he has investments offshore. now, he can no longer claim he won the iowa caucuses . his campaign is calling it a virtual tie. let's bring in michael smerconish who is a msnbc contributor. not quite david letterman 's top ten, but this is not a good week, including the events of today for mitt romney .
>> you're right. i think that many of those trials and tribulations are going to be engulfed by the newt gingrich story. two hours sbo s into a conversation about nothing but all the news, this gingrich story is the one people most want to discuss. that's the buzz today.
>> what do you make of the fact that rick santorum is calling it a victory? needs to pick up steam in south carolina . mitt romney says it's a virtual tie. when it was the other way around, he said a win is a win. how would you define this week for him if it's not the worst week ever, what is it?
>> i think it's been a bad week for mitt romney and largely of his own doing. some of these things are intangibles that you can't control. what your rattling off relative to romney, whether it's the poor performance or the way l they handle the tax returns , which you always knew was going to be an issue. there's been instance after instance where they didn't get ahead of the curve, and they should have. santorum probably woke up thinking he would have a dewey defeats truman moment. instead, so many other things are happening whether it's the ex-wife interview. whether it's per riry getting out and going for gingrich . santorum hasn't gotten that shining moment.
>> you bring up the ex-wife interview with marianne gingrich . we know in iowa the super pac supporting mitt romney really went after newt gingrich 's character and beat him up to the point that he was all by wiped out of the numbers there. might we see more of that. mitt romney is in a desperate situation. does his super pac pick up on this interview and his it to their benefit?
>> i don't think they do. i don't think they have to. i think this is going to get such traction in the next 24 hours . now there are reports that the washington post may be coming with its own story about marianne gingrich you sit back and let the free media do your work for you because you don't have to spend the money. i think abc made the right call. i know that some are critical of their running the story. if i were a south carolina voter, and they sat on this, and sunday morning i woke up having voted and then they released it, i would feel like i'd been senator censored.
>> newt gingrich is dedpleflecting to his daughters. he says my daughters will talk more about that and even said they might appear on the " today show ". what do you make of that as a parent?
>> i hate to see them get thrown into the cross fire . it's like deal with this issue, if you can, but keep the kids out of it.
>> they're adults. they're not little kids. thank, michael.
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