maybe. you know, i don t know how many years i ll release. i ll take a look at what the what our documents are. and i ll release multiple years, i don t know how many years. that was the most perfectly framed question of the debate, and it cornered mitt romney into making news tonight by saying he will release multiple years of his personal income tax returns in april. newt gingrich s campaign actually posted his federal income tax return for 2010 online during the debate. it shows an adjusted gross income of $3.1 million, and he paid $994,000 in federal income tax. joining me now, pulitzer prize winning author, david k. johnston, a columnist for reuters and a professor at syracuse law school. david, quickly, what do you make off the top of your head of newt gingrich s tax numbers, if true? it looks like, according to my
years i ll release. i ll take a look at what the what our documents are. and i ll release multiple years, i don t know how many years. that was the most perfectly framed question of the debate, and it cornered mitt romney into making news tonight by saying he will release multiple years of his personal income tax returns in april. newt gingrich s campaign actually posted his federal income tax return for 2010 online during the debate. it shows an adjusted gross income of $3.1 million, and he paid $994,000 in federal income tax. joining me now, pulitzer prize winning author, david k. johnston, a columnist for reuters and a professor at syracuse law school. david, quickly, what do you make off the top of your head of newt gingrich s tax numbers, if true? it looks like, according to my math, quickly run here, he s
a job creator. newt gingrich was first to embrace the obama campaign in the democrats attack on romney s time as a right equity investor. today, mr. beginning mitch mr. gingrich joined the obama campaign and democrats call for mitt romney to release his tax returns. he s got to make his own decision. president obama is releasing his records. this coming thursday, i will release my income tax records. governor romney if he plans to stay in the race ought to plan to release his records. reporter: romney campaign points out they have released all kinds of financial records over the course of the last few months as required. they have not ruled out the possibility that mr. romney will release his personal income tax returns. they suggested as a general election nominee against president obama, when the president does it. another attempt by the romney campaign to push back criticisms from newt gingrich and stay away from too much financial disclosure.
now on countdown. i had some business in new york today, so thank you for having me on. good evening from new york. with the final session of congress before election day coming down to the wire now, democrats are still torn between whether to force republicans to vote now in defense of tax cuts for the rich or to duck a vote on extending the bush tax cuts and let republicans campaign against them for letting all taxes rise. if it seems like a no-brainer, our fifth story tonight should remove all doubt. a countdown special report, the reality behind the republican argument made by house republican leader john boehner and others that tax cuts for the rich are simply tax cuts for small businesses whose owners report their business earnings on their individual personal income tax returns. house democrats have pushed back that some of those supposedly small businesses are actually big businesses, and after the white house identified the right-wing billionaire coke brothers as being
here. your winnings, sir. all the news and commentary now on countdown . i had some business in new york today, so thank you for having me on. good evening from new york. with the final session of congress before election day coming down to the wire now, democrats are still torn between whether to force republicans to vote now in defense of tax cuts for the rich or to duck a vote on extending the bush tax cuts and let republicans campaign against them for letting all taxes rise. if it seems like a no-brainer, our fifth story tonight should remove all doubt. a countdown special report, the reality behind the republican argument made by house republican leader john boehner and others that tax cuts for the rich are simply tax cuts for small businesses whose owners report their business earnings on their individual personal income tax returns. house democrats have pushed back that some of those supposedly small businesses are actually big businesses, and after the white house id