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Romney Concedes That Out-Of-Touch Comments Are Hurting His Campaign: ‘Yes, Next Question’ | GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has added to his growing list of out-of-touch moments about his wealth while campaigning this week, telling voters that his wife owns “a couple Cadillacs” and that he is friends with multiple wealthy NASCAR team owners. At a press availability in Michigan this morning, Romney made reference to “multiple mistakes” he has made but wouldn’t clarify what those mistakes were. Later, when asked if he was aware that his references to his wealth had hurt his campaign, Romney responded simply, “Yes. Next question.” Watch it:

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Gingrich: ‘Romney Is The Kind Of Guy Who Would Have Fired Christopher Columbus’ | Campaigning in Georgia today, GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said fellow candidate Mitt Romney “is the kind of guy who would have fired Christopher Columbus.” Gingrich was responding to Romeny saying he would fire an employee who proposed some of Gingrich’s more outlandish ideas, like moon colonies, leading the former speaker to say Romney lacks the vision to be president. Romney is such an anti-visionary, Gingrich said, that a voter in Tennessee told him the Columbus quip, which Gingrich relayed today. Watch it: