Romney: "There's no whining in politics"

Asked whether he agrees that negative advertisements can make a candidate seem “desperate,” an characterization that has been made by Gingrich’s campaign, Romney shot back: “There’s no whining in politics.”

“We aren’t running any negative ads at this point, but we may,” Romney said. ”This is, after all, politics. There is no whining in politics. You get in a political process and you fight hard and describe the differences between yourself and the other candidates. But at this stage all of our ads have been I believe positive.”

Romney also questioned whether Gingrich understands how the economy works when asked about the former speaker’s suggestion earlier today that Romney give money back to businesses he’s profited from that have then gone bankrupt.