We now know which of mitt's returns are most damning--2007, 2008, and/or 2009.

[morningfog]

This deal offered by the Obama camp, requesting just 5 years returns, is zeroing in on where the worst is. Offering to not use his refusal to release in any political ads or public statements if mitt just release 3 more years is brilliant.

2008 and 2009 were also not seen by McCain, so he has no authority on whether mitt paid taxes. Those returns could also include penalties paid after audits and who know what else.

I like having the focus narrowed. It adds a sense of authority to it.

[Blue Meany]

1. They should come back with a request just for 2009.

When he refuses that, we can reasonably speculate that it was tax amnesty he was hiding.

[morningfog]

2. That's were I see it going.

"Okay, fine, how about just one more year, 2009?"

Hahahaha.

[DCKit]

5. Agree, but I wouldn't bet on it. He may have "retroactively" fixed 2008, even 2007.

I think we need all five years, just to be sure.

When you've got that kind of money, you can get away with all kinds of crazy things.

[flamingdem]

6. Aha. But Harry's focus was that he paid no taxes

Wonder if they have to stay focused

[treestar]

3. clearly Mittens thinks 2009 has things that will harm him

Probably the amnesty over the offshore accounts?

[appleannie1]

4. Lawrence O seems to think he took amnesty for tax evasion during those years - his swiss account.

[closeupready]

13. That's what I think - tax evasion is a felony, so

this is why he would be unable to release them.

[hifiguy]

7. There are almost certainly highly explosive

things in the 2008 and 2009 returns, the least awful of which is almost certainly that he repatriated tens of millions from Swiss accounts under the absurd "amnesty" without paying a dime in taxes on them.

[cbdo2007]

12. Part of the amnesty is that they had to pay taxes on it, but they wouldn't go to jail.

[gollygee]

8. It's probably 2009, but on the other hand

if he had released 5 years, wouldn't we all be asking why 5 years was OK and what happened between 6 and 10 years ago? I think that would be my first question.

[Raine1967]

11. Personally I think this is classic Obama

He's willing to compromise -- and in this case --the compromise is going to be where that actual dirt really is.

He tried to give Romney and out... problem is-- there is no real out.

One word that is always missing from the Romney camp: INCOME. HE never mentions Income before the word taxes. HE acts like people don't understand that there are a lot of different taxes.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "C5" hit, "C6" miss, "B5" hit, "A5" miss, "D5" hit

How many more before his battleship is sunk?

[Raine1967]

10. You are right.

I've been saying in other places that those 2009 returns are the ones people should be wanting to see.

When the Obama Campaign said just give us 5 years, I thought that was especially pointed. People know.

Romney knows.
Obama knows.
Reid knows.
McCain Knows.

DC knows.

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. 2009 and 2008 were when the meltdown happened

so there will be tons of shit there especially on moving money overseas.

Anyway, Mitt has nothing to hide but you can't see it...cause
he paid 13% every year but you can't see that either.

Trust Mitt.....