Sen. Harry Reid is not impressed

Sen. Harry Reid is not impressed

“The information released today reveals that Mitt Romney manipulated one of the only two years of tax returns he's seen fit to show the American people – and then only to ‘conform’ with his public statements. That raises the question: what else in those returns has Romney manipulated? We already know Romney has money in tax havens in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. What we don't know is why he refuses to be straight with the American people about the choices he's made in his financial life. When will the American people see the returns he filed before he was running for president? Governor Romney is showing us what he does when the public is looking. The true test of his character would be to show what he did when everyone was not looking at his taxes. “It’s also galling to see the creative accounting Mitt Romney applied to his own tax returns only days after learning of his insulting comments that seniors, soldiers and hard-working parents don’t pay enough taxes. Once again, we see Mitt Romney is out of touch with middle class families, who don’t have the luxury of accounting wizards and foreign tax shelters. It’s obvious he believes in two sets of rules: one for him, and one for the middle class. He says he wants to be president for only half the people but he acts like he only cares for the top two percent. Despite the fiscal cliff looming in just over three months, Mitt Romney refuses to explain the details of his tax policy. Will the policies he proposes benefit all Americans, or only multi-millionaires like him?”

“Mitt Romney has now released more than 1,200 pages of tax returns, giving voters an incredibly detailed look at his finances,” [McCain] said. “Now that the most recent tax return has been released, it’s time to get back to discussing the issues that voters care about.”

I'm not sure how the Romney campaign feels about spending their days more in battle with the Senate Majority Leader than with the actual person they're running against, but it can't be good. And Harry Reid isn't letting up. The statement released from Reid's office In response, the Romney campaign immediately outsourced their own response to Sen. John McCain , because hey, it's Friday and who doesn't love outsourcing?Yeah, but it ain't the pages, it's the wages. No, wait—it ain't the burns, it's the returns. No, that one was terrible—the first one was better. Let's go with that one.

And a happy Friday to you too, Mitt.

