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The Washington Post reports that former Mississippi Governor and RNC Chairman Haley Barbour said "that he would provide more than two years worth of documents if he were in Romneys shoes.
See 7th paragraph: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-faces-new-round-of-calls-to-release-tax-returns/2012/07/12/gJQATAdZgW_story.html
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)With a side of Bain Pork?
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)WoW! It was even said those tax filings of Mitt's may show he did not pay any taxes for some of those years...Oh, That would go over big with the working blue collar crowd now suffering.
I got my popcorn...and am staying tuned.
PS: I love you, DU..all you people are real humane humans. You give me hope for the coming days.
MADem
(135,425 posts)of gittin' picked for VP!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Democrats have been making hay out of Mitt Romneys finances for weeks, claiming that voters cant fairly judge reported assets in notorious tax havens unless he releases his past tax returns. A handful of Republicans appear to be growing concerned that Romney is giving them room to operate.
On Thursday, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), who heads all House GOP campaign efforts, told reporters that questions about Romneys holdings were on target, according to CNN.
His personal finances, the way he does things, his record, are fair game, Sessions said. While he declined to name a specific amount of information or number of years worth of tax returns Romney should release, he called the issue a legitimate question. Romney has only released his 2010 tax return and had said he will release his 2011 return before the election.
Obama has personally called on Romney to release past tax returns, saying a candidate should be an open book to voters. The issue has gained traction in recent weeks following a series of reports on Romneys holdings in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and his past use of a Swiss bank account. Obama campaign officials frequently note that Romneys father, George Romney, set the current standard for disclosure in his own 1968 presidential bid when he releases a dozen years worth of returns.
Romney has been slow to react, but finally went up with an ad decrying Democratic attacks as false on Thursday. He told FOX Newss Neil Cavuto on Wednesday that he preferred to stay on offense.
Well, I of course respond to the attacks which come, Romney said. But you know, they say in politics, if youre responding, youre losing. I think the better course for our campaign is to respond to the attacks as being completely off-base.
But those off-base attacks are not sitting well with some Republicans. Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) flatly told CNN Thursday that Romney needed to make at least six years worth of returns public and soon.
I think he should release his financial records and I think if he does it in July it would be a lot better than in October, Jones said. Whenever you are asking for the vote of the American people that you need to fully disclose what your holdings are, if you have any.
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who considered running against Romney in the Republican primaries and advises the conservative American Crossroads on its election strategy, said this week that he saw value in disclosure as well.
MOre: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/growing-republican-chorus-pushes-romney-to-release-tax-returns.php
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)Did he sneak around and claim all his wives?
Javaman
(62,530 posts)if just a bit more of a nudge, lost mittens will be in free fall.
It sounds as if those on the repuke side who felt they had to support "walter" mitty now are trying to slowly distance themselves from him.
Watch as the infighting continues. It appears as if some on the right are reaching for their long knives.