Quote from tomdavis:
The reason Romney hasn't released his tax returns is that his campaign has done a lot of internal polling (i.e., not released to the public) showing that the people demanding to see Romney's tax returns are people who wouldn't vote for him anyway. In other words, not releasing his tax returns doesn't cost him any votes. If that changes, they'll release the returns. If not, they won't.
I doubt it,his own party is hounding him see his tax returns.He's made the decision that either outcome will hurt but releasing them will hurt more imo.
If his party united behind his decision not to release them it would better but its to late for that
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns...bama-gov-wants-romney-tax-returns-128941.html
Alabama gov wants Romney tax returns
The AP reports on a new Republican calling for Mitt Romney to make his personal taxes available to the public:
On the sidelines of the National Governors Association meeting in Williamsburg, Alabama's Republican governor, Robert Bentley, called on Romney to release all the documents requested of him.
"If you have things to hide, then maybe you're doing things wrong," Bentley said. "I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people."
Bentley is a less of a problem, on his own, than the line of argument he articulated: that if Romney won't put his financial information out there in the open, there must be something objectionable about it.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71590.html
Chris Christie: Mitt Romney should release tax returns
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that Mitt Romney should put out his tax returns âsooner rather than laterâ but added that the former Massachusetts governor has already started speaking about the tax rate he pays.
âI would say to Governor Romney is that if you have tax returns to put out, you know, you should put them out sooner rather, than later because itâs always better in my view to have complete disclosure, especially when youâre the front-runner,â said Christie on NBCâs âToday Show.â
Rick Perry: Mitt Romney Should Release More Tax Returns
07/17/12 05:03 PM ET
AUSTIN, Texas â Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling on fellow Republican and former rival Mitt Romney to release his tax returns.
Perry said anyone running for office should make public as much personal information as possible to help voters decide.
Perry has released his tax returns dating to 1992.
Romney has come under increasing pressure from Democrats and Republicans to release more than the two years of returns he has promised to make public. He has released his 2010 return and has said he'll release the 2011 when it's completed later this year.
Romney has said releasing additional information will only lead to more attacks from President Barack Obama's campaign.
Perry challenged Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. He has endorsed Romney and recently campaigned for him in Nevada.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012...mney-should-release-more-tax-returns-20120710
Barbour: Romney Should Release More Tax Returns
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on Monday that Mitt Romney should release more tax returns, but said the issue didnât âamount to diddlyâ in the campaign.
The presumptive Republican nominee has been hit hard lately by Democrats for not releasing more tax returns, which could shed light on Romneyâs foreign investments in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
When asked on CNNâs The Situation Room whether Romney should release more of his tax returns, Barbour said, âI would. But should it be an issue in the campaign? I donât think it amounts to diddly.â
The Romney campaign has previously said that the candidateâs 2011 tax returns were sufficient. However, Democrats are using Romneyâs father as an example. George Romney, the late governor of Michigan and Republican presidential candidate, released more than 10 years of tax returns when he ran for office, a point that Democrats have repeated.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ntorum-calls-on-romney-to-release-tax-returns
Santorum calls on Romney to release tax returns
Add Rick Santorum to the list of Republicans calling for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns.
"I don't know why he hasn't released his tax returns. I think he should," Santorum said in an interview Monday on the Laura Ingraham radio show. The former Pennsylvania senator added that it was important especially for "someone with [an] enormity of wealth," like Romney.
"Well, let's see how he manages his own economy," Santorum said.
Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich have also called on Romney to release his tax returns. And President Obama's campaign has criticized the former Massachusetts governor for not doing so. The "Barack Obama" Twitter account, on Dec. 30, asked: "Why wonât Mitt Romney release his tax returns?"
George Will, Matthew Dowd Blast Romney For Not Releasing Tax Returns
ABC Newsâ George Will slammed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for failing to fully release information on his tax returns and offshore accounts, saying Romney âmust have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.â ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd agreed, saying âthereâs obviously something thereâ in Romneyâs returns that he doesnât want public.
âIf somethingâs going to come out, get it out in a hurry,â Will said this morning on the âThis Weekâ roundtable. âI do not know why, given that Mitt Romney knew the day that [John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again that he didnât get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.â
âHeâs done nothing illegal, nothing unseemly, nothing improper, but lots thatâs impolitic,â Will added. âAnd heâs now in the politics business.â
Will said Romney is âlosing [the argument] at this point in a big wayâ in the debate over his tax returns, which the Obama campaign has hammered on in the past week.
âThe cost of not releasing the returns are clear,â Will said. âTherefore, he must have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.â
Bill Kristol: Mitt Romney 'Should Release The Tax Returns Tomorrow'‎
WASHINGTON -- Political analyst Bill Kristol added on Sunday to conservative criticism of Mitt Romney's failure to release multiple years of tax returns, saying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should bear the political consequences of his tax record.
"He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy," Kristol said on "Fox News Sunday." "You gotta release six, eight, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two."
Kriston also called on Romney to engage in a "serious" debate with President Barack Obama over capitalism and redirect the political conversation back to the president's record on the economy.
The comments come after mounting pressure for Romney to release more than a year's worth of returns, something that's become common practice for presidential candidates. While Romney has released only his 2010 tax returns and an estimate for his 2011 filing, Obama has released tax records dating back to 2000. Romney's own father, George Romney, disclosed 12 years' worth of tax records when he ran for president in 1968.
Other prominent Republicans who have called on Romney to release tax documents include Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and strategist Ana Navarro.
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