Mitt Romney faces new round of calls to release tax returns

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Source: The Washington Post

Six months after Mitt Romney’s reluctance to release his tax returns tripped him up in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, the now-presumptive nominee is once again grappling with whether to disclose more information about his personal finances amid mounting pressure from his opponents.

For days, Democrats have been demanding that Romney make public additional tax returns that could shed light on his fortune, which is estimated at $190 million to $250 million. President Obama’s reelection campaign and its allies are hinting at nefarious activity, suggesting that Romney has been hiding information pertaining to his Swiss bank account and investments in the Cayman Islands. A scathing editorial in the New York Times this week pressed a similar case.

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Even some Republicans are describing the Romney position as problematic. Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, a onetime party chairman, said this week that he would provide more than two years’ worth of documents if he were in Romney’s shoes.

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[MrSlayer]

1. He can't.

It will be the end of him. It's too early for all this to come out. Wait until September.

[Voice for Peace]

2. reading this.. someone from McCain campaign, I think, has squealed

somebody who knows what's in those returns,
and knows exactly why Romney wasn't chosen for VP.

"deep throat"

I think they do know something.
This is getting fun, like a good movie.

In 2008, when Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the Republican nominee, was considering Romney for his running mate, Romney reportedly sent McCain’s vetting team tax returns dating to 1985. “I’m a bit of a pack rat, so I had them all,” the Arizona Republic quoted him as saying.

[emulatorloo]

4. Been thinking about this. Has McCain done any "Romney Surrogate" work since

Edelson gave all that cash to Romney? McCain publically called Romney out for taking the money.

Seems like I have not seen McCain out for Romney since.

Anyway, I think you are right. Somebody on the McCain campaign has leaked this stuff.

[tanyev]

8. "knows exactly why Romney wasn't chosen for VP"

If the information is in the tax returns, it must be pretty obvious or else they spent a lot more time going through Mitt's returns than gathering the most basic information about Sarah Palin.

[Voice for Peace]

9. I think they were too dazzled by Palin's hotness to remember to vet her.

(I know hotness is a matter of opinion here on DU, but that
was her main draw as VP candidate, obviously.)

There may be only one or two people who looked at Mitt's returns.
The confidence with which the Obama admin is pursuing this
seems to indicate they have some solid inside information. I'd
be very disappointed if they were being so dumb as to go out
on such a limb -- they're smart and savvy enough to know it
would be a potential disaster for Obama. (like the Bush military
service).

[Left Coast2020]

3. So will this make his poll numbers drop?

You know the majority of voters do pay attention to this on a boring day or during lunch. But why so early?

[Major Nikon]

5. The Obama campaign is doing a full court press on this

I don't think it will be too long before some changes are made in the Rmoney campaign staff. They are in full blown meltdown right now.

[Firebrand Gary]

7. You're probably right, too bad for Romney that a change in staff cannot change the facts! nt

[DallasNE]

6. Romney's 2000 and 2001 Tax Returns

Would clear up the issue of when Romney actually left Bain Capital. Why? Because the tax treatment is different depending on whether you claim an active or passive management role in the enterprise. Romney also needs to release his State income tax return for 2010. Did he file in New Hampshire or Massachuttes? Why does that matter? Because he voted in Masachuttes for Scott Brown. If he paid the lower New Hampshire income tax then his vote in Massachuttes is voter fraud. We need this data to determine the level of trust we can have in Romney. Because Romney has not been transparent on these issues the natural instinct is to think that he is hiding some very embarrassing data -- or worse.

[TomCADem]

11. Also, It May Show Romney Having It Both Ways...

...He claims that he had role in operations, yet he might claim various business deductions for expenses related to his duties as an officer of Bain during the relevant time periods.

[HIlton Brackett]

10. Show Us Your Papers, Bitch

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