he wants to give benefits and tax breaks to corporations, claiming they are people, however, he says he s not a business. when it keeps his tax returns hidden. go figure. let s turn to new jersey republican assembly leader jon bramnick, also with us tonight, michelle goldberg of news week and the daily beast and john hlinko. great to have you with us tonight. leader bramnick, is there a double standard here? on the stump he says people are corporations, but then when he is asked to release his tax returns, he can t go down that road. first, he s released 2010, he s released an estimate for 2011. he s filled out every financial form when he ran for governor, when he s run for president in the primary campaigns, so he s met every requirement under the law. this is a distraction, because what we should be talking about is how to lower taxes, not how
he wants to give benefits and tax breaks to corporations, claiming that they are people, however, he says he s not a business. when it keeps his tax returns hidden. go figure. let s turn to new jersey republican assembly leader jon bramnick, also with us tonight, michelle goldberg of newsweek and the daily beast and democratic strategist john hlinko. great to have you with us tonight. leader bramnick, is there a double standard here? on the stump he says people are corporations, but then when he is asked to release his tax returns, he can t go down that road. first, he s released 2010, he s released an estimate for 2011. he s filled out every financial form when he ran for governor, when he s run for president in the primary campaigns, so he s met every requirement under the law. this is a distraction because what we should be talking about
when it keeps his tax returns hidden. go figure. let s turn to new jersey republican assembly leader jon bramnick, also with us tonight, michelle goldberg of newsweek and the daily beast and democratic strategist john hlinko. great to have all of you with us tonight. leader bramnick, is there a double standard here? on the stump he says people are corporations, but then when he is asked to release his tax returns, he can t go down that road. first, he s released 2010, he s released an estimate for 2011. he s filled out every financial form when he ran for governor, when he s run for president in the primary campaigns, so he s met every requirement under the law. this is a distraction because what we should be talking about is how to lower taxes, not how to look at taxes, and that s what the people in america are really aching for. well, you know, i actually think that, in a way, you have a
obama brought up rush limbaugh as a tactic that might help him with independents? i think rush limbaugh continues to be an incredible symbol for the right-wing fringe of this country. i think the president was right to bring him into this discussion. but mitt romney s problem is bigger than an election. his problem is bigger than six years. it s six minutes. he ll change in six hours, he ll change in six days. my dog doesn t flip as often. he doesn t lie down as often as mitt romney does. you know, if you look at him on the foorable health care act, on taxes versus penalties, if you look at him on things like the dream act or immigration, pick any issue that you want, and mitt romney just isn t the same mitt romney he was yesterday. all right, leader bramnick, what do you make of the flip flaps besides it being a new category for the olympics, what do you make of what mitt romney is doing, on the one hand