I've never gotten involved in a Sanders based thread.

[LAS14]

I was a Hillary supporter, but was glad he was around to give voice to stronger progressive ideas and excite younger voters. But I gotta say that the persistence of the tax reports issue is sinking in. Basically I'm thinking that it shows really poor judgement on his part to let it drag on so long. Why's he doing that? Pressure from his wife to keep their privacy maybe?

Just wondering,

LAS14

[Eric J in MN]

1. I expect Bernie to release his tax returns

...around April 15 so it’s topical.

[Autumn]

2. That's what I think. nt

[Wounded Bear]

3. I expect he'll release them right after Trump releases his...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Would

Would it or wouldn't it logically follow that his decision would be as popular among Democrats as Trump's was?

[George II]

6. It's been "topical" for months if not years.

[dalton99a]

4. He'll get to it when he's not busy

Remind him in 2024

[George II]

5. I just don't understand the delay, it's been looming for almost three years now....

At least four other candidates have released current tax returns at the time of their last election or in preparation for this election:

Kamala Harris - 2015 when she ran for Senate in 2016, no doubt will shortly add to that
Cory Booker - 15 years when he first ran for Senate in 2013, no doubt will shortly add to that
Kirsten Gillibrand - 11 years released prior to even announcing her candidacy
Elizabeth Warren - 10 years released prior to even announcing her candidacy (actually 8 months ago)

Each of these are "new" presidential candidates and have already released tax returns. But the one candidate who has ostensibly been running for 3 years has only released one tax return, and that was from two years prior to his last candidacy (not the most current at the time)

The longer it goes on the worse it looks.

[SFnomad]

13. BS didn't release "one tax return" ... he released the 2 summary pages ... nothing more n/t

[Sherman A1]

7. It is still incredibly early in the process

And do we have a list of all of the declared candidates who have done so thus far?

[handmade34]

9. I do get involved in

Bernie based threads... but I don't care a bit about his tax returns... I care about him getting out asap... he and his supporters are trouble

[oasis]

10. He could be waiting for a "huge" happening which will draw public

attention away from the initial negative impact his tax release would have.

[NurseJackie]

11. It's the moral equivalent of PLEADING-THE-FIFTH...

It's the moral equivalent of PLEADING-THE-FIFTH... the fact that he refuses to release his full tax returns doesn't prove wrongdoing, but it sure is fishy... and it makes people wonder what's being hidden.

[madville]

12. I can't figure out why so many are obsessed with it

He has zero chance of winning the nomination for two glaring reasons:

1. He won't go into the convention with a majority of delegates which would be required to win in the first round.

2. If it goes to a second round of voting the super delegates will not select him.

No one can dispute those two facts so why does everyone care about his tax returns so much? He has no path to the nomination from day one of his campaign.

[lunamagica]

14. He made a promise, and he is not keeping it. Why? What is he hiding?