american which the congressional budget office says is more than 17%. frankly, i think it is not going to help him because at the end of the day what he is paying is still less than the average person that he is trying to identify with. as political analyst believes the timing is calculated, only four days after mother jones released secret tapes of mitt romney talking about a 47 percent of americans that don t pay income taxes. there s no question that timing of this is a reaction to governor mitt romney statement released by mother jones. it is very clear that this is damage control. a message the president stuck with on his campaign trail in virginia today. i do not believe that we can get a very far with leaders that right off half the nation as a bunch of victims. mitt romney and paul ryan also released medical records indicating that they are both in excellent physical health. also mitt romney is expecting to overnight in the bay area before heading to san d