>> that's correct. nbc's chuck todd. thank you for jog joining me now, senior political writer for politico, maggie haberman. thanks for joining me, maggie. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to read to you, i love the way serious republican world is going crazy about donald trump. i want to read to you what the editorial board of the "national review" wrote this morning about trump and gingrich. "as a serious contender running a campaign with maximal in its own seriousness, gingrich lowers himself by association with this consummately unserious man. romney should renews to follow suit. the nominating process must be about which candidate can lead the country back to fiscal and economic reality, not about which candidate can best truckle with a reality tv star." maggie, is there any chance that mitt romney would be smart