Obama Camp release Biden's tax returns for the last 10 years - Call on McCain to release Palin's

[sabra]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13397.html

Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) plans to release 10 years of his tax returns on Friday morning, pressuring his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, to do the same, Politico has learned.

The move is part of a fresh aggressiveness from the Obama campaign, which wants to discredit the new posture by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as the candidate of real change.

Disclosure, or transparency, is a big way for a candidate to make that case that during a campaign.

News reports from Alaska have said that Palin collected per-diem travel payments even when she was at home, and the Obama-Biden campaign wants reporters to see if she paid taxes on it.

McCain has disclosed little about his family finances. He files separately from his wife, Cindy, and has put out only his 2006 and 2007 returns. The campaign released her two-page tax for 2006, but not complete returns.

[gateley]

1. Good. Biden's will be boring and have NO gotcha item. Let's look at Palin's. nt

[blogslut]

2. cool

I get the feeling there's going to be some non-stop news-topping action from the Obama/Biden team, all the way to November.

[tallahasseedem]

3. Oh yeah...

wait for the skeletons to start tumbling out!

[Colobo]

4. Good.

[terrya]

5. This is very good.

Good deal. Obama/Biden was first in releasing their tax returns. :thumbsup:

McCain and Palin's will make for some very interesting reading, I'm sure.

[Enrique]

6. will show a big contrast between Biden and Palin

Biden is one of the most powerful politicians in Washington, could easily have cashed in and become a very very wealthy man.

But instead he is the least wealthy Senator.

Palin, on the other hand, is a novice politician whose political career is basically a fluke, and I think we would see from her tax returns if she released them, that she has cashed in big time.

[Raffi Ella]

7. Yup.

"Show us your taxes Returns Pork Barrel Palin!"