joining us is joel klein and writes in the newest issue of "time" magazine and says romney's candaidacy has suffere, quote, long-term damage. joe, thanks very much for coming in. i'll read a line from your column which is excellent as usual, there is a deeper problem for romney. he sees a figure from the great depression, a combination of daddy war bucks and old man potter. he celebrates destruction at a time when destruction has been too creative. he talks a lot about firing people and he can't help himself. explain the basic premise of what you're writing. >> well, i think that that's a romney-related part of it, but there's a broader problem here which is that the republican base really dragged these candidates well to the right of the american people and romney suffered some real damage with latinos, with women, with people in the midwestern states like ohio and michigan because of the stance that he had to take during the course of the campaign and his problem is reinforced by the fact that he often seems clueless talking about the create of destruction and about the joys of firing