I've been trying to see this from Romney's side, and I just can't. If he doesn't release his taxes, this question will dog him until the election. People (re: Obama) will not forget about this. He's not going to be able to distract us enough to make us suddenly forget he didn't release the tax forms.
Obviously, his unwillingness to release them shows there's something really bad there. If there wasn't, all this would be moot (and if there ISN'T anything bad, he looks like a complete ahole at this point). Therefore, wouldn't the smart thing have been to just release the forms, take the hit for a few days, and THEN distract us? Unless there's something really illegal in there, it's not like he would be disqualified from the race, right?
I just don't see how he's going to win on this - and more - how he thinks he can get away with it.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.