It's policy and personal: Romney hammered on taxes

[ProSense]

It's policy and personal: Romney hammered on taxes

By JULIE PACE

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are growing increasingly confident that a two-pronged tax attack on Republican Mitt Romney — one part policy, one part personal — will help President Barack Obama lure pivotal support from middle class voters.

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Democrats say both public and private polls suggest the double-barreled focus on taxes is giving Obama an edge in the race. The strategy also gives the president an avenue to campaign on the economy — the top issue for voters — while steering clear of talking about the nation's high unemployment.

Three months before the election, national polls show Obama with a slight lead. And Romney will spend the coming weeks — starting Saturday with a bus tour — trying to change the trajectory of the race. In recent days, he's gone on the offensive by criticizing Obama on welfare, making his own play for middle class voters, after months of taking heat from Democrats.

"I do think this has hurt the governor a little bit," said Steve Lombardo, a Republican pollster who worked on Romney's 2008 presidential campaign. "Ironically, it's really less about 'rich guy' and more about transparency and honesty. So Team Romney has to find a way — if they're not going to release, which I don't think they will — they have to find a way to demonstrate honesty and transparency, attributes that people take very seriously in selecting a president."

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http://news.yahoo.com/policy-personal-romney-hammered-taxes-174136180.html

New Obama Ad ‘Son Of Boss’ Pushes Romney On Taxes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021100741

New Obama Ad and Website romneyplan.org is Going to Crush Mittens
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021093897

DNC announces new bus tour to stalk Romney
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021100425

Obama just dubbed Romney's Tax Plan: ROMNEYHOOD!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021084531

Mitt Romney Taxes For 2010 Not Fully Disclosed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-taxes-2010_n_1683084.html

[CanonRay]

1. I keep hoping the light bulb will go on

with some of the anti-tax voters, who will (hopefully) figure out that it's because of guys like Rmoney and corporations like Bain that their tax burden is worse, and their jobs are scarce.

However, I'm afraid in some cases the bulb is permanently burned out.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Oh, Romney, I don't care whether you have money.

I love you for your artificial intelligence and your sincerity simulator...

(With a tip of the hat to Futurama).

[ProSense]

3. You see

"Oh, Romney, I don't care whether you have money."

...Mitt's returns are "personal" and private.

Despite the little digs and embellishments in the piece ("taxes he pays on his personal fortune" or "release more than two years of his own tax returns), it focuses on Romney's stonewalling and his tax cuts for the rich.

[longship]

4. Prosense -- DU's go to person on this issue.

Every post is well sourced and referenced. Prosense offers little opinion. Like Sgt Friday provides just the fact, ma'am.

Please keep it up, my friend. I gobble up every one. Keep educating DU on this issue.