Harry Reid, Mitt Romney trade sharper barbs over taxes

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So now Mitt is fighting with Harry instead of Obama. Good job Harry!

NORTH LAS VEGAS — The issue of how much Mitt Romney has paid in taxes in recent years continued to hound the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Friday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continuing to push anonymous claims that Romney paid no taxes for years.

“The other day, I said that I'd been told by a very credible source that Mitt Romney hadn't paid taxes for 10 years. Gov. Romney got upset. But, you know what? I'm not backing down,” Reid wrote in an email to supporters. “I'm not backing down because, when you run for president, you should be an open book. I'm not backing down because Mitt Romney is hiding something — and the American people deserve to know what it is.”

Romney, campaigning in North Las Vegas, shot back that Reid needed to reveal his source.

“Harry Reid really has to put up or shut up, all right?” Romney said when reporters asked about Reid's allegation. “So Harry, who are your sources? Let's have Harry explain who that is. And by the way, Harry, I understand what you're trying to do. You're trying to deflect the fact the jobs numbers are bad, that Americans are out of work, and you're trying to throw everything up on a screen that will grab attention away from the fact the policies of the White House haven't worked to put Americans to work.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-harry-reid-mitt-romney-trade-sharper-barbs-over-taxes-20120803,0,3256490.story