Bashir noted that Romney was still winning the female vote in South Carolina polls, asking Taylor whether she believed this was indicative of the Marianne Gingrich interview causing injury to Gingrich’s campaign. “I don’t know that it was an injury that wasn’t already there,” Taylor noted, explaining that “Republican women who weren’t going to vote for Newt Gingrich already know he had been
Bashir then turned to Wyler, and embedded reporter for Business Insider, asking the reverse– whether the “open marriage” issue actually helped the candidate. She noted that voters seemed to find that he responded appropriately and “the timing of the interview was bitter,” and felt sympathy. “It’s all about sex and money,” Bashir joked, turning to the money part of this equation with Romney and his tax returns. Taylor predicted that she could see Florida voters caring about his taxes because “they’re going to say, ‘was he paying his fair share?’ and that’s a real issue” for older voters. He does have a serious machine in Florida, but Taylor didn’t think that was as much of an asset as assumed, given that the same was in some ways true in South Carolina, where Gingrich didn’t really have much of an organization until recently.
Wyler predicted that she could see a Gingrich win “if he can hold it together” into the general election, and Taylor mostly agreed, adding that “primaries are not coronations” and the question as to Gingrich’
The segment via MSNBC below: