is it at all possible that he survives this story? >> you know, i just have a tough time seeing him getting over this and becoming a viable 2016 presidential candidate, because not only does the narrative really cut at his main selling point, this idea that he's a no-nonsense, take charge, problem solver who doesn't play politics, but it undercuts that with the audience that he most needs, which are these big donors who were, if you remember, trying to coax him into the race back in 2012 and who are seen as a major strength of his heading into 2016. so many of them are sort of sitting back and evaluating the field in a way that makes it challenging for him to argue and his supporters to argue that he's coalesced this potential strength, what was once seen as a strength of his, a big donor base around his candidacy. he was out in park city, utah, for the mitt romney seminar and he told these donors, these donors are worried.