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Chick-fil-a sandwich as a running mate, its becoming so popular in the republican party. >> sorry, guys. i have nothing for you. >> chick-fil-a looks a lot bett better to me at this hour than rob portman does. mitt romney who is as far as we know, the only presidential candidate in history to have foreign bank accounts is now feigning outrage that we are speculating about why he continues to be the only modern presidential candidate who has decided to keep his tax returns secret. but he is not...

Jobs report today. it seems like it was democratic strategy. >> could have said there was no basis to that. >> this is a fight that mitt romney cannot win. he can try to duck it. he cant do that successfully. when he tries to make the issue, harry reids source rather than his own taxes. its a bad strategy. its not going to work. this impression that hes not transparent on his personal finances. he wont explain -- >> heres a guy -- >> its all the same thing. >> lets look at someone trying to get ...

Places like switzerland and the cayman islands. last weekend, governor romney promised that he would check his tax returns and let the american people know whether he ever paid a rate lower than 13.9%. one day later his campaign raced to say he had no intention of putting out any further information. when it comes to answering legitimate questions the american people have about whether he avoided paying his fair share in taxes or why he opened a swiss bank account, romney has shut up. but as a p...

Harry reid or even paid attention to what hes saying about you the last couple of days and that you havent paid taxes in ten years? >> well, its time for harry to put up or shut up. >> have you noticed something about mitt romneys laugh? have you noticed when he does it? well, lets put it this way. you ask him a question about his secret tax returns and he laughs. >> you have refused to release your income tax forms. do you have something to hide? >> i believe very deeply in my personal privacy,...

All it has to be is complicated. all it has to do is be unusual. all it has to have is something in there that is not quite common. >> harry reid has just issued a statement in response to mitt romneys put up or shut up challenge. it is a long statement. i will read it quickly in part. harry reid says, there is a controversy because the republican presidential nominee governor mitt romney refuses to release his tax returns. as i said before, i was told by an extremely credible source that romney...

Will you phfollow your fathers example? >> maybe. i dont know how many years ill release. ill look at what the documents are. >> was there ever any year when you played lower than the 13.9%? >> i havent calculated that. im happy to go back and look. >> lets listen to the rest of mitt romneys challenge to harry reid. >> well, its time for harry to put up or shut up. harrys going to have to describe who it is he spoke with, because of course, thats totally and completely wrong. its untrue, dishone...

Media on television about something hes going to tell them and then he never tells them. >> all right. so on the one hand its perfectly fair to call mitt romney out for lying, which he technically did to abc news when he said he would go back and get them an answer if he ever paid below a 13.9% rate. he hasnt done it. thats not fair to abc news and that was the romney campaigns fault. the way it can be unfair, and im being honest about this, if you start speculating about reasons that hes not re...

Most people but good for the rich people, that could be a political liability even in the best of times, but in bad economic times when the only people doing well are the already wealthy, being able to describe a candidates tax plan like that is essentially a political shiv you can use against them. the twist to that knife is the personal part of it. this is to new development in the campaign. beyond the question of whether mr. romneys proposals will help wealthy people like him essentially as a...

>> happy to go back and look. that was this past sunday on abc. there has still been no word from mr. romney on whether he went back and looked. >> abc news reached out to the campaign today after romneys answer. a spokesperson would only reiterate, mitt romney has paid his taxes in full compliance with u.s. law and has paid 100% of what he has owed. >> still no answer. that was monday on abc. two days later on wednesday, mr. romney still apparently has not given them the information that he sai...

Than are legally due, i dont think i would be qualified to become president. >> if i dont hustle and exploit you for all i can get you for, i dont deserve to be in the oval office. mitt romney says he doesnt recall if he ever paid less than 13.9% tax rate. of course, we have to take romney at his word since hes only released two years of tax returns. now, senate majority leader harry reid said he knows why hes keeping the tax returns locked up. reid tells the huffington post about a month ago, a...