Mitt Romney has a secret plan to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Mitt Romney is filing for an extension on his taxes , a move that, not coincidentally, prevents him from having to release them. This all makes sense from a guy who thinks that the inequality from which he benefits so enormously should only be discussed in quiet rooms . But it's not exactly the stuff with which he's likely to convince a majority of voters that he can be trusted with the governance of their country. After all, Romney doesn't even want to tell us whathe's running on, let alone how his personal conduct has measured up.

Romney's making himself an easy target with all this secrecy, and he's taking shots for it. For instance,



A spokesman for the Obama re-election effort, Ben LaBolt, sent news clips of the fundraiser [at which Romney talked about his secret plans for tax cuts] around with the message: "Apparently Gov. Romney believes only high dollar donors have a right to know what programs he will cut."

Then there's the video above, from a Release Your Returns site put together by two Democratic Super PACs. Romney's reluctance to release those returns was a subject of questions and late-night comedy even before he filed for an extension on his 2011 taxes. This isn't incidental—here's a guy who's been being asked for his returns for months, who absolutely knows people are going to want to see them and that President Obama will be making his own taxes public, and we're supposed to believe he just happens not to be ready yet?

This is how open and transparent Romney is when he's running for president. When he wants something from us. Let that one fester for a while.