coming up, paul ryan, who agrees with todd akin about their being such a thing as legitimate rape was first to turn on akin today, but they ve worked closely together on this issue in the past. karen finney and steve kornacki will join me with the ryan/akin connection. and as we ve seen, today s earthquake in republican party politics was not enough to make everyone forget about the secret romney tax returns. romney actually had the audacity to make a joke about his secret tax returns today. and in the rewrite tonight, what america and especially liberals owe senator claire mccaskill, the women who is trying to prevent todd akin from becoming a united states senator. whoa, look at all those toys. insuring that stuff must be a pain. nah, he s probably got. [ dennis voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. [ doug s voice ] actually. [ dennis voice ] an allstate agent
about so-called legitimate rape and pregnancy and abortion. the hottest of the hot button issues in american politics, the secret romney tax returns still managed to make news as we ve seen president obama talked about them in a white house briefing today while bill kristol, editor of the conservative weekly standard said this on c-span. i personally, if i were designing the tax code would have a tax code in which mitt romney paid more than 13%, i would say, given what i know about the kind of investments he made money from. i m just not a believer that he needed you know, that there would have been any economic detriment to him paying more and it seems weird that he pays a lower rate than a an awful lot of middle class people. he expressed his belief that romney should release his tax returns which makes romney releasing his secret tax returns the most bipartisan idea in washington.
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hampshire. gosh, i feel like i m almost a new hampshire resident. i come here and it would save me some tax dollars, i think. that was mitt romney, joking about lowering his so burdensome tax rate at a town hall in manchester today, even on a day with a republican political earthquake about so-called legitimate rape and pregnancy and abortion, the hottest of the hot-button issues in american politics, the secret romney tax returns still manage to make news, as we ve seen, president obama talked about them in a white house briefing today, while bill kristol, editor of the conservative weekly standard said this on c-span. i personally, if i were, you know, designing the tax code, would have a tax code in which mitt romney paid more than 13%, i would say, given what i know about the kind of investments that he made money from. i m just not a believer that he that he needed you
it s clear that president obama wants nothing more than talk about romney tax returns instead of issues that matter to voters like putting americans back to work, fixing the economy and raping in spending raining reining in spending. principle of transparency that governor romney has been asked by colleagues in chicago to live up to is not one above andion what the predecessors have done. the republican national committee knows he has not been transparent with the press corps, focusing on soft interviews and entertainment tonight and local radio. i want to know where pop music station, what is your favorite song to work out to? like the president, romney and his running mate paul ryan did an interview with people magazine and the white house aide note the president iowa bus tour was full of speeches laced with politics and policy. the president spent time talking publicly about issues he thinks are at stake in the election.