I'm lovin' it

Unless he indeed knew he could back it up.

He knows perfectly well that if he was bluffing, the Republicans would call him out.

So excuse me while I entertain myself by watching Rmoney and the GOP self-immolate...

He didn't say he knew that Romney didn't pay taxes. He specifically said that he didn't know himself, but that a guy who should know told him that Romney didn't pay taxes.

That might be hearsay in court, but in front of the cameras, it is bait. It focuses the attention of the press on finding Reid's source, rather than inviting the usual flying monkeys to come forward on television and slander Reid himself.

He forced the media to act responsibly, for once, by offering it as an open question rather than as a statement.

And I don't see the usual suspects crawling out of the woodwork to defend Romney, either. Not looking good for him.

The only way Willard can dispute it is to release his tax returns

a pig fucker"

whereas Mitt can dispel all speculation simply by releasing his returns.

someone involved in the McCain campaign? They saw Mittens' tax returns, after all...

Well, this is getting interesting.

McCain ostensibly supports Mittens, but he's a bitter old SOB and I wouldn't put it past him to kneecap Mittens just to make his own defeat look less embarrassing.

Got the stupid twit on the run, keep him there.

And Jon Stewart, eat shit and live!

to let the opposition go out on a limb only to remove the issue and the opposition when the limb breaks.

Can't let the worst candidate ever be resurrected by trickery and by letting all his faults be distilled down, in the media, to whether or not he paid a certain rate of taxes. He has far too many flaws and undesirable traits for the discussion to just come down to his tax rates that we really don't know anything about yet.

This feels too familiar.

Talk about his taxes, but in the context of his corporate raider career, his lying, his arrogance, his disconnectedness, his employment record, his 1% policies, his overseas accounts, and of the overall issue of tax fairness. It's really not ALL about his federal income tax or capital gains rate.

They don't have ANY of the issues...the only things they have are dishonesty, misinformation, tricks, voter supression, polarization, and propaganda combined with media consolidation/bias and a willingness to do anything to control the votes of their base.

"Be careful. Trust but verify. Wouldn't be the first time false information was floated in order"

...on Romney to release his returns.

The people trying to shield Romney seem to be under the impression that the demand for Romney to release his returns is about Romney vs. Reid.

Reid could be lying, that his credibility.

Romney has to answer to the American people.

only issue that gets any play. Pundits and dem leaders should mention returns and express dismay and astonishment at the lack of transparency...and I'm fine with pundits even out loud assuming the WORST from his returns....but I want them to acknowledge that there are many more important campaign issues to talk about and then fight on the issues.

Eggs in one basket = risk

If I were Reid, I wouldn't make such accusations unless I had iron-clad proof, because the blowback from making such an accusation if it turns out to be false is pretty obvious.

of the people that told him Rmoney hasn't paid taxes in tenn years.

And I think there is a source.

The pickle would be between Romney and the source, not Reid. He is only reporting what he has heard or has been told. He doesn't have a lot at risk in this story actually.