Bill Clinton releases a statement calling latest Romney ad on Welfare “not true.” Full statement after the jump … Read More
TPM Reader MB says we’re missing a key part of the Romney tax story …
I think you’re missing a key nuance from Romney’s denials and indignation here. Note that the response always appears to be “I paid a lot of taxes” and not “I paid a lot of income taxes.”
Anyone making $10 to $20 million per year will pay a lot of taxes in absolute dollars — state taxes, property taxes, city taxes, sales taxes, etc. But the distinction you’re missing is whether or not these taxes were income taxes.
When Mitt Romney offhandedly references kibbutzim in a dig at collectivism at a campaign stop in an Italian restaurant in Chicago I think we know that he’s been listening to those Dan Senor silent meditation and spiritual growth cassette tapes a bit too much.
TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 319, Romney 191 as new polls nudge Colorado from Toss Up to Leans Obama.
We’ve arrived at the lunch meat taunt part of our quadrennial exercise in choosing a president.
Off the campaign trail and back on Capitol Hill, there’s an important battle unfolding over the relationship between 501(c)(4) groups and super PACs, and the tax abuse senior Democrats say many are engaged in.
The Romney campaign is sticking to its gross mischaracterization of the Obama camp’s lawsuit over early voting in Ohio.