back to peggy noonan, she writes about romney, he s got to give up the applause line speeches and deliver substance. but isn t today just a perfect encapsulation of his problem? he has nothing to say aside from routine attacks about the pressing issue of immigration. he knows he s down something like 63%. he conceded 63% advantage to the president on latino voters and yet today of all days, he says nothing on the issue apart from a written statement. it is a little puzzling. puzzling, ken, it s almost a failure of his duty as a candidate. yeah, and certainly you know, it would seem that if you were going to make the decision, a calculated decision that these are the issues, the executive order deportations of children
president s team rolls out an attack on mitt romney, slamming him for his record in the private sector. but they did leave out one very key fact from this ad. we ll tell you what it is and why there s now pushback on that. and the search for a missing girl no, there s an update on reese witherspoon and this whole ridiculous mess with her step dad. but in the meantime, there s an update on this missing girl in tucson, and the case has taken some serious twists and turns. the latest may be among the most puzzling. why this girl s father whose emotional plea for her return was played on newscasts across the country is now being denied access to his remaining children. we are looking, we re looking for you, isa. we love you, and we miss you so much. and we will never give up, we will never give up looking for you. [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors
my investments for the last ten years, they have been to blind trusts managed by a trustee. first, a lot of voters may have trouble sympathizing with anybody so wealthy as to have a blind trust. the associated press fact checker came up with this. they found this quote. not all of his investments have been in a blind trust. romney s personal financial disclosure forms show he owned between $250,000 and $500,000 in the fed rated government obligation fund, which contained freddie mac and fannie mae. an addendum says certain assets, including that fund, were outside the scope of his blind trust. so there you have it, david. it s clear. according to the associated press, he did have investments in fannie mae and freddie mac. they were not blind trusts. they were open to his involvement and knowledge. chris, this is the big issue. it s kind of puzzling.
between 250,000 and $500,000 in a federated government obligation fund which contained mutual fund notes of politically sensitive freddie mac and fannie mae. an addendum to romney s disclosure forms say certain assets, including that federated fund were outside the scope of his blind trust. so there you have it, david, where it s clear he did have investments in freddie mac and fannie mae. and they were not in a blind trust. they were open to his involvement and knowledge. chris, this is the big issue. it s kind of puzzling. because he s had many years to think about this. mitt romney and his campaign can t figure out how he should talk about his own wealth. whether it s his taxes. or holdings. he should just get up and say, i have done well. i have a gazillion dollars. i don t even know how many. i have people who manage these funds for me. some are in a blind trust. some are not. i don t know what goes on. if you are telling me there s
off selling some of that. my investments are not made by me. they ve been to blind trusts managed by a trustee. first, a lot of voters may have trouble sympathizing with anybody so wealthy as to have a blind trust. the associated press fact checker came up with this. they found this quote. not all of his investments have been in a blind trust. romn romney s personal financial disclosure forms show he owned between $250 thoirks and $500,000 in the fed rated government obligation fund, which contained freddie mac and fannie mae. an addendum says certain assets, including that fund, were outside the scope of his blind trust. so there you have it, david. it s clear. according to the associated press, he did have investments in fannie mae and freddie mac. they were not blind trusts. chris, this is the big issue. it s kind of puzzling.