Two masterful strategic moves by a brilliant political operation.

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16. Mitt has consistently refused to release his tax returns.

He has done this in election after election. Watch the Rachel Maddow video. I think that the Ed Schultz show also has a segment on this.

There is something he is hiding and has hidden. It may have to do with something as simple as lying about his residence when he ran for governor of Massachusetts. It may be as complex as his off-shore investments and tax shelters or as mundane as an embarrassingly excessive use of tax loopholes.

Perhaps he has sustained some losses in certain years.

Less likely -- he deducts gambling losses or owns an interest in some unsavory or questionable businesses that he would not like the religious right to know about.

But he is not just suddenly hiding something. Whatever it is, he has been hiding it for years. I don't think they will stop with Mitt's returns. There will also be demands for Ann's returns -- because Romney demanded that his female opponent show her husband's returns. There is a precedent for this. Geraldine Ferraro was terribly embarrassed when financial information about her husband's connections came out.