can we clear this up by asking you a simple yes-or-no question. was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? well, i haven t calculated that. i m happy to go back and look, but my view is, i have paid all the taxes required by law. from time to time, i ve been audited, as happens, i think, to other citizens as well. that s mitt romney s answer to a simple yes-or-no question. senator harry reid thinks that he now knows why mitt romney refuses to answer that simple yes-or-no question. senator reid tells sam stein at the huffington post that he spoke with a bain insider who told him, harry, he didn t pay any taxes for ten years, reid recounted the person saying, he didn t pay taxes for ten years. now, do i know that that s true? well, i m not certain, said
saying about his fundamental beliefs are you didn t build that. maybe god did breathe life into your soul and your mother changed your diapers and fed you mashed peas and carrots. not my mom. i came from a jewish household. everything i was fed, i didn t want to eat and and don t laugh at that? he goes off prompter and this is what happens. this is one thing more powerful than that, when you ask a small business owner, someone who has struggles, who has sacrificed, it is better when it comes from that person saying, mr. president, you don t understand me, you don t get me, you don t appreciate what i have been through. that would be more effective. sean: is he going to get away with our plan worked with the economy in the current state? that s another new strategy. no. 8.2% unemployment and a deficit out of control and a debt that really scares americans.
saying about his fundamental beliefs are you didn t build that. maybe god did breathe life into your soul and your mother changed your diapers and fed you mashed peas and carrots. not my mom. i came from a jewish household. everything i was fed, i didn t want to eat and and don t laugh at that? he goes off prompter and this is what happens. this is one thing more powerful than that, when you ask a small business owner, someone who has struggles, who has sacrificed, it is better when it comes from that person saying, mr. president, you don t understand me, you don t get me, you don t appreciate what i have beenthat would be more effectiv. sean: is he going to get away with our plan worked with the economy in the current state? that s another new strategy. no. 8.2% unemployment and a deficit out of control and a debt that really scares americans.
and anonymous sources may have already come in regard. the quotes like the book are fiction. so you have john kelly, the white house chief of staff calling the president an idiot, saying we re in crazy town, that s a quote. yes. john kelly now says that never happened, i didn t say it. jim mattis, another person saying, the president s understanding is that of a fifth or sixth grader. he s saying he didn t say it. are they lying? they are not telling the truth. these are political statements to protect their jobs, totally understandable. but this is as carefully done as you can do an excavation of the reality of what goes on. joining me now is nbc s kristen welker at the white house. msnbc political analyst peter