Mitt Romney says he won’t raise anyone’s taxes no matter what. But I’m starting to get the sense he might be raising his own taxes pretty quickly. Everybody noted in last night’s debate that Romney seemed to cross the threshold on the tax return release question. He didn’t promise he would but he said he “probably” would in April. To me, the key tell there was that he still didn’t commit.
But on the campaign trail this morning, he gave us, I think, a bit more sense of what’s up.
Here’s what Romney said this morning … Read More
The Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Namik Tan, has issued a statement in response to Rick Perry’s suggestion at last night’s debate that Turkey’s government is run by “Islamic terrorists”.
Full statement after the jump … Read More
A funny little nugget buried in Romney’s statement this morning on his tax returns. In passing, Romney said although most of his money came from investment income, a small amount came from speeches. “I get speakers fees from time to time but not very much.” Well, it turns out that amount is over $374,000 last year. Which is a fair amount of money, though to give some perspective, not a wild amount of money compared to what other retired politicians make giving speeches. Read More
The issue of Romney’s tax returns has loomed large on cable news throughout the day. However, those relentless reporters at Fox & Friends had a pressing question of their own: “who even cares?“
Called on to defend calling the leaders of Turkey “Islamic terrorists”, Rick Perry managed to accuse Wolf Blitzer of defending honor-killing.
Rush transcript and video after the jump … Read More
If you’re planning a cruise sometime soon, don’t look at this picture.
There are no reports of any injuries or anything close to injuries. But a smoke bomb of some sort was apparently thrown on to the White House grounds this evening, apparently during an Occupy protest outside the White House.
The Secret Service is currently investigating. Jennifer Bendery, a reporter for Huffpo, tweets that White House reporters are being forced to wait at the White House while the Secret Service investigates.
Late Update: From a White House press pool report of about 20 minutes ago …
Upon returning to the WH, members of the press corps are being prevented from leaving the grounds. USSS investigating an object that was allegedly thrown over the fence.
Penn Ave is closed as well.
Later Update: From another White House press pool report from 10:32 PM …
After holding in the briefing room for 45 minutes, a WH official escorted the press corps out of the WH grounds through the EEOB and out to an exit on 17th Street.