I don’t take what Bill Kristol says as gospel. But that he could say what he said this morning is a measure of just how badly things have gone to this point for Mitt Romney — how much it’s becoming conventional wisdom that Romney has already failed. Kristol said that Romney cannot make the election about Obama’s first term because it’s gone reasonably well. He needs to make it a referendum on the next four years.

In case you think I’m mischaracterizing Kristol’s argument, here’s the extended quote … Read More

Fresh from the Department of Silly But Amusing, Mitt Romney apparently mistakenly referred to the United States as a “foreign country” on his 2011 tax returns.

We’re all individuals, with our own uniquenesses, contradictions and oddities. Yet if you tell a demographer a few key pieces of information about yourself they can give pretty good odds on the range of viewpoints you’re likely to have, life patterns you follow and choices you’ve made.

Some people though somehow break the mold. Read More

Scenes from the shopping crush today for the new iPhone 5.

Shuttle Endeavor on final journey with fighter escort over Los Angeles.

Romney says Obama’s America is becoming a socialist hellhole like California … where he just bought a new house.

Rick Newman notes that when Romney released his preliminary 2011 tax return estimates in January he was reporting $20,901,075 in adjusted gross income. The final returns released today show $13,696,961 in adjusted gross income.

Harry Reid goes back to war with Romney’s tax returns.

Rommey tells 60 Minutes: Our campaign “doesn’t need a turnaround. We’ve got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent President” … “we’re tied in the polls. We’re all within the margin of error. We bounce around.”

So what did Romney actually release? Not much. Here’s a quick read on what we learned and what remains hidden.