Romney is walking into Obama’s ‘secrecy’ attack

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Mitt Romney handed President Obama a political gift this weekend, when his campaign announced that he would not file his tax return on time. Romney made the announcement at 5 p.m. on Friday — the time politicians usually put out bad news they hope no one will notice. Team Obama noticed all right. The president took a break from the Summit of the Americas in Colombia to criticize Romney’s lack of transparency, while Obama campaign manager Jim Messina declared that it “begs the question — what does he have to hide?”

“What does he have to hide?” will be a major theme of the Obama campaign in the coming months. Both a pro-Obama super PAC and the Democratic National Committee have videos up asking: “What’s Mitt hiding?” And Obama strategist David Axelrod has toldPolitico that the Obama campaign intends to make an issue of “Romney’s penchant for secrecy.” “Harkening back to my youth . . . there was a show called, ‘I’ve Got A Secret.’ Increasingly, I think that would be the appropriate title for the Romney campaign,” Axelrod said, adding that voters need to ask themselves “Who is this guy? What does he stand for? What does he believe? What do we know about him?”

Republicans need to ask themselves: Why does Romney seem to be going out of his way to help Obama raise such questions?

Take, for example, news reports this morning that Romney has previously undisclosed plans to eliminate entire Cabinet agencies if elected. Romney is quoted as saying, “I’m probably not going to lay out [publicly] just exactly which ones are going to go.” Where did the media find out about his secret plan to reduce the size of government? The Wall Street Journal reports that Romney “discussed his plans while speaking to high-dollar donors at a private estate. During the backyard event, which could be overheard by reporters outside on a public sidewalk, Mr. Romney offered policy specifics he has yet to unveil on the campaign trail.” So Romney is sharing secret details of his plans to shut down government agencies with wealthy contributors in Palm Beach, Fla., that he has not shared — and in fact says he does not plan to share — with the American people.

These are self-inflicted wounds — and if they continue they could cost Republicans the election.

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So, did Romney file for an extension?
It is right there in the instructions.
People do it all the time.

Romney’s a fool not to get this out of the way before any six month extension is up. He’s already going to be battling the “evil rich and heartless capitalist” meme. Better to get it out early in the election season than willingly supply a possible “October surprise” to benefit Obama.

The other option is he prefers to get it out before the extension period is up, but just not timely for a side-by-side comparison now. Rather silly tho… everyone knows that Obama’s not making the cash he did in 2008 ($5.5 mil plus) for his book sales. So Romney’s income is always going to leave Obama in the dust. So the delay won’t help him in the least. But it certainly won’t be playing in his favor either.

The Romney response poster…40′ high x 20′ wide…displayed at the debates.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=128714

Obama criticizing someone else’s transparency. Now that’s rich. In this case, it isn’t even the pot calling the kettle black. It’s the pot calling a tupperware pitcher black.

I don’t think Team Obama would be wise at all to get into the “what are you hiding” game, as Romney could and in fact should play the same thing in the debates, about Obama’s college records (which were sealed) and other things that the MSM has completely ignored about Obama’s past.