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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:18 AM

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39. One other possibility: he doesn't release them and the story dies

Its going to take more than an anonymous assertion to keep the story that Romney paid no taxes alive. If nothing more/no one comes forward, I think the story becomes nothing more than a footnote in the overall election calculus.

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As this Romney "Paid no taxes" Scandal Develops, [View all]	MineralMan	Aug 2012	OP
Things are going to be hot in Tampa...	Cooley Hurd	Aug 2012	#1
I'm not going to actually watch the GOP Convention,	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#3
So it's pretty much a given that Rmoney is toast... how are we doing in the Congressional races?	DCKit	Aug 2012	#2
A sinking ship takes the lifeboats down with it.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#5
That's my personal fantasy, but I won't be banking on it.	DCKit	Aug 2012	#10
We can have something to do with that, you know.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#15
I live and am registered in DC. I've got no voice beyond DU.	DCKit	Aug 2012	#22
Help us in VA! nt	s-cubed	Aug 2012	#54
You can help in VA or MD. nt	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#62
Idaho's 1st CD can help you with that...	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#66
Wishful thinking. We need to work as hard on Obama's election as ever.	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#45
4. is it. And he stonewalls. No way he caves or withdraws -- he's His Royal Highness.	Zen Democrat	Aug 2012	#4
Yes, that's what I think, too.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#7
I'm not in a place where I've figured out how this will all turn out	cleduc	Aug 2012	#6
Yep. I'm hoping campaign monies are redirected to Dems	cally	Aug 2012	#41
That's a good point	davidpdx	Aug 2012	#71
A perfect storm for ReTHUGs	malaise	Aug 2012	#8
So it seems. Fortune is smiling on us.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#9
Stonewalls, nominated anyway, loses.	Nye Bevan	Aug 2012	#11
The only way he withdraws is if he is forced to	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#16
If Romneys taxes are legit he has a win win, if they're not he's gonna lose. Why didn't his dumb	uponit7771	Aug 2012	#12
Even if his taxes are within the law, if he truly paid no taxes	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#17
He didn't think of this before, because his greed blinded him.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#21
They don't go in for horse dancing	doohnibor	Aug 2012	#26
Never Underestimated How Stuck On Stupid This Country Is...	KharmaTrain	Aug 2012	#13
Absolutely 100% Correct!	hamsterjill	Aug 2012	#37
really. I will never forget the day it was obvious Bush and Cheney lied us into a war. I was	Laura PourMeADrink	Aug 2012	#48
Aint that the truth!	silvershadow	Aug 2012	#51
That's certainly true.	Rozlee	Aug 2012	#47
They're Ready To Accept Even Less...	KharmaTrain	Aug 2012	#55
Obvious set-up is obvious	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#14
You know, I don't think so this time.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#18
I figured out a long time ago that elected officials aren't any smarter than the rest of us	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#34
They've gotten a month of negative publicity over this SO FAR....	cbdo2007	Aug 2012	#61
The GOP already knows they have lost.	randome	Aug 2012	#19
I'm beginning to think you're right, actually.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#20
My bet is on stonewall.	99Forever	Aug 2012	#23
Number 3 will never happen. The Romneys of the world consider themselves above the law.	FSogol	Aug 2012	#24
If this happens, maybe THEN we'll get paper ballots counted in public?	AllyCat	Aug 2012	#35
I doubt it. THe GOP would just up their voter suppression efforts in the future. n/t	FSogol	Aug 2012	#36
The term "checkmate" comes to mind. nt	Cognitive_Resonance	Aug 2012	#25
there are a lot of people	d_r	Aug 2012	#27
He won't release them and the GOP will go along with it	flamingdem	Aug 2012	#28
5. The story isn't true? Or he has had all of this time to 're-do' his tax filings...	democrat_patriot	Aug 2012	#29
I doubt the returns will show anything worse than what we already know about	wiggs	Aug 2012	#30
Question	mainstreetonce	Aug 2012	#31
Don't you have ANY faith in voter suppression and super-secret proprietary software voting machines?	valerief	Aug 2012	#32
You forgot about the rigged voting machines.	AllyCat	Aug 2012	#33
Or they just hunker down until November and then buy/steal the election.	CanonRay	Aug 2012	#38
One other possibility: he doesn't release them and the story dies	onenote	Aug 2012	#39
I think that's a real possibility n/t	DesertRat	Aug 2012	#40
I think they've been looking to 2016 all along.	cyberswede	Aug 2012	#42
There is also option 5, that he releases the returns and they show he did pay taxes.	RedSpartan	Aug 2012	#43
I think that still plays poorly for him	Rose Siding	Aug 2012	#73
Something to watch is whether his money stops rolling in.	GreatCaesarsGhost	Aug 2012	#44
They must be scared	libodem	Aug 2012	#46
Are we so sure we want him to quit? I do not like the thought of taking a chance on Ron Paul.	jwirr	Aug 2012	#49
he is not going to releaseanything	grantcart	Aug 2012	#50
I hope this is correct...(I never use the word "right" anymore..)	Stuart G	Aug 2012	#52
Breaking News: Politicians waste nearly one trillion on elections	Roverticus	Aug 2012	#53
But it stimulates the economy.	Quantess	Aug 2012	#69
I have the same hopes	DonRedwood	Aug 2012	#56
Number 4, no matter the tax issue outcome	Life Long Dem	Aug 2012	#57
We'll know if option 4 is true if the big donors	apples and oranges	Aug 2012	#58
It's all local, folks	mountain grammy	Aug 2012	#59
Absolutely. Legislative races need our help.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#64
This is the scenario that excites me most.	Tarheel_Dem	Aug 2012	#60
Me too! nt	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#63
Please don't forget Congress	eridani	Aug 2012	#65
You forgot option 5	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#67
Don't forget the Ron Paul delegates will be at the	B Calm	Aug 2012	#68
Romney is going nowhere... he will be the nominee- you forget-- Republicanism is not a reality-based	JCMach1	Aug 2012	#70
Watch where the big money goes (or doesn't)	quaker bill	Aug 2012	#72

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