Newt Gingrich started nagging Mitt Romney last week to release his tax returns even though he’s not required to do so. Governor Romney will release his 2010 returns (not enough for Newt) and his 2011 estimates today. The big surprise will be that Mitt Romney is rich and that he follows the tax laws of our country and pays 13-15% in taxes. The other surprise is that he donates more than 15% to charity (the Mormonread more…
For myself and many of my readers, we’ve been following the 2012 Presidential campaign since the 2008 campaign ended. We study, investigate and analyze the candidates and decide who to support in the primaries and who we could/could not vote for in the general. Even though we may be paying attention to this election with a magnifying glass, my guess is that most Americans are not. So, how do regular people decide who to vote for?read more…
While there has been much ado about Mitt Romney’s 8-vote win over Rick Santorum in the Iowa Caucuses yesterday, for the most part the event was for “show” and “recognition” for the top two finalists. I’ve imagined it this way: Romney and Santorum are allowed to pass go, collect $200 and continue the game; Ron Paul gets to keep playing but may need to spend a turn in the free parking area; Rick Perry gets a freeread more…
Now that Iowa gets a break for 4 years, here are my quick hits and thoughts: I watched a CNN interview during the overnight with “Edith and Carolyn” who were responsible for a caucus site at a Clinton County caucus site (one of them had to get the other out of bed to look for paperwork and do more counting). It was more like Lucy and Ethel than Edith and Carolyn. I do think the conversationread more…
Well, what a surprise, the Washington Super Committee, charged with coming up with a budget deal by this Wednesday is announcing today that they have failed. Some thought they would work to the final minute and come out with a last minute deal, but today’s announcement isn’t shocking since they all want to go home for the holiday. The hype about the “automatic” cuts that will go into place later this week is overblown as well,read more…
