taking in $20 million and paying an effective tax rate of 24%. let s talk to don stein of the huffington post. dan, last week i was here for chris and i interviewed mark allen. he s writing this book inside the circus a lot of details about the presidential race thus far. in his book he points out it was all mitt romney who was reluctant to release his tax returns in the first go-around, and the question i guess i have is, for a campaign that is so controlled, how do they screw up their approach? for example, today we learned he s going to file an extension. we know we re going to see the returns. the returns are going to show him to be a very wealthy guy. why do they create all this intrigue and drama and prolong it? i don t know. i don t know whether this guy is wanting to be president or if he s auditioning for a villain in a james bond movie. he s got a secret bank account, a corporation in bermuda that nobody knows about, and everything he does rather than
control an assault on freedom. of course, expanded gun rights may have emboldened george zimmerman to leave his car and pursue trayvon martin. now ask yourself this. is it possible for george zimmerman to even get a fair trial? plus the hilary rosen gaffe reminded us that we insult stay-at-home moms. and that s not something that will go away simply without making the case that it s president obama who is waging the war on women. romney is rich and out of touch, so today the president and vice president released their tax returns, daring romney to do the same. and let me finish tonight with a battle from the 2008 campaign that s still not finished. barack obama versus bill clinton. we begin with guns. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is an nbc political analyst, and alan gottlieb is from the foundation and is joining us from the nra convention in st. louis. gentlemen, speaking at that nra convention, late this afternoon mitt romney decried what he called the president
zimmerman to even get a fair trial? plus the hilary rosen gaffe reminded us that we insult stay-at-home moms. and that s not something that will go away simply without making the case that it s president obama who is waging the war on women. romney is rich and out of touch, so today the president and vice president released their tax returns, daring romney to do the same. and let me finish tonight with a battle from the 2008 campaign that s still not finished. barack obama versus bill clinton. we begin with guns. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is an nbc political analyst, and alan gottlieb is from the foundation and is joining us from the nra convention in st. louis. gentlemen, speaking at that nra convention, late this afternoon mitt romney decried what he called the president s assault on basic freedoms but largely avoided diving into the issues of gun control in the 2nd amendment. it wasn t until 15 minutes into the speech that he mentioned the right to bear arms.