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Analyst, and msnbc contributor, joy reid. we now know enough about paul ryans future. i think thats settled. we should talk about his past a little bit, because i think hes not as well known as he should be at this stage for a vice presidential candidate. first of all, hes a rich kid, okay? lets just get this straight. i was reading his financial disclosure forms today. i dont have his tax returns, so i was reading his financial disclosure forms, house of representatives. its pages and pages and...

Do. >> but if im going to be knocking somebody for not releasing my tax returns, i better release ply tax returns. >> i think its a different set of rule. i mean harry reid is obeying the senate rules, has financial disclosure forms, not obligated to release his tax returns. >> mitt romneys obeying the rules. >> mitt romney is obeying the rules but not the precedence. >> not obeying the rules placed upon him by the national media or the democrats. >> no. i think first as you know -- >> or himsel...

Or report it? >>guest: it is rather interesting turn. you have wasserman schultz leading the attacks on romney on investments and she has some her own. nothing wrong with that but if you are the one leading the charge on those attacks you might have thought twice about being called on your own investments on her disclosure forms. >>neil: i had a run with overseas accounts, you do in the want drug running accounts or illegal accounts, but, often i think when you criticize mitt romney, for whateve...

Without ever being taxed. did you make use of offshore vehicles in order to defer or not pay taxes? >> these are very important questions. and i think there is now a challenge to the media in the questions you just outlined. >> this week, that challenge is being answered by "vanity fair" and the associated press, both which published investigative reports, particularly a corporation wholly owned by w. mitt romney. it was transferred to a blind trust owned by ann romney, the day before her husban...

Financial disclosures, even though such a closely held entity would not qualify as an accepted investment fund that would not need to be on his disclosure forms. so karen finney, theres mitt romney hiding his money offshore and then hiding on disclosure forms that hes hiding his money offshore. >> thats exactly right. heres the problem. if you put these stories together with what david korn reported last week, the picture that emerges is clearly he has something to hide. on the jo it side, you s...

Of that money went offshore without ever being taxed. did you make use of offshore vehicles in order to defer or not pay taxes? >> these are very important questions. and i think there is now a challenge to the media in the questions you just outlined. >> this week, that challenge is being answered by "vanity fair" and the associated press, both which published investigative reports, particularly a corporation wholly owned by w. mitt romney. it was transferred to a blind trust owned by ann romne...

Traveling around the country, state to state, trying to rock star his way to a defense fund. he spent yesterday at the illinois chamber of commerce and another republican event in michigan. walker is selling himself as a guy who stood up to the big government union bosses. and the righties, well, theyre out there at these state events, basically eating it up, giving him standing ovations, but it was a different story outside. thousands of pro-union protesters showed up outside walkers event in i...

The financial disclosure forms give you wide range. so hes confirmed he spent -- or he owes $50,000 to one firm. he owes between $5,000 and $50,000 to another firm. so we could be at $100,000. and his campaign has spent $115,000 more hiring two additional firms -- >> what kind of work are they doing? what are they, answering all the questions for him? >> this is what the governor tried to suggest back in february. he said, oh, i needed somebody to help with the paperwork and all that. but these ...

Star his way to a defense fund. he spent yesterday at the illinois chamber of commerce and another republican event in michigan. walker is selling himself as a guy who stood up to the big government union bosses. and the righties, well, theyre out there at these state events, basically eating it up, giving him standing ovations, but it was a different story outside. thousands of pro-union protesters showed up outside walkers event in illinois. hundreds more greeted walker in michigan, protesting...

Called the ed schultz radio show, been very successful through the support of listeners and advertisers, its business. one more thing, politico and others compared my taking speaking money to mitt romney for doing the same. give me a break. nothing could be further from the truth. here what is i said about governor rom knows speaking income. >> according to his own financial disclosure forms, mitt romney made $374,327 in speaker fees in one year. that aint bad on the rubber chicken circuit, folk...