On Monday, the Obama campaign is pushing the narrative of what it is calling “Romney’s penchant for secrecy.” They held a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon on the subject. David Axelrod summarized the argument for Politico:
“George Bush felt it was appropriate to release the names of his bundlers. John McCain did. But not Mitt Romney. Why did George Bush and John McCain release multiple years of tax returns, but not Mitt Romney? Why did Mitt Romney leave Massachusetts government with the hard drives from his computers, and why did his senior aides leave with the hard drives from their computers? Why won’t he be more forthcoming about some of these offshore investments?
“Harkening back to my youth, which extends far beyond yours, there was a show called, ‘I’ve Got A Secret.’ Increasingly, I think that would be the appropriate title for the Romney campaign. There are central issues, but this is a disturbing one and it goes to that question of, like, ‘Who is this guy? What does he stand for? What does he believe? What do we know about him?’”
Romney adviser Stuard Stevens fired back in an email to the Huffington Post:
“The Obama campaign has become like a 9 year old [sic] trying to decide what it will do when it grows up. If they want to dive into television history, it would be ‘Theme For a Day.’ Only most of their themes don’t last an entire day,” Stevens wrote.
“They can tweet and pout away until November but this race isn’t what they want it to be about, it’s what voters want it to be about,” Stevens wrote. “They may have billions of dollars and a campaign staff larger than the Defense Department, but this is up to voters. And voters know that President Obama has not made their lives easier or better.”
