of the guy in overalso in the west virginia overalso, and he was weeping. they said did you know him? he said no, but he knew me. people felt he understood them. >> that is why you are editor of "time" magazine, by the way. i will remember that. >> a more recent example, mike bloomberg, who often does have the average person's appeal, but within instance of that susan koman controversial, he forked over $250,000. it showed that he does know how to use personal wealth to connect with people on an issue that is important to people. >> american voters do not represent rich people per se if the rich people make it clear they honor the hard work of everybody else, and they understand where they came from and know about the lives of. average people. chris: we put it to the matthews meter. andrea, will romney's wealth be a voting issue, a problem for him. 11 out of 12 say it will be a problem. peggy noonan actually said he will become more comfortable with the average voter. is it a problem or not? >> yes it is a problem. not because of the wealth per se, but beca