You can read the whole story here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... but essentially the headline is
Mitt Romney Never Thought He'd Have To Release Tax Returns: Bain Sources
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Now follow my convoluted logic below which leads me to think that this thing might be ready to implode..........
...and here's my convoluted logic.
If this story is true, then there must be something politically "fatal" or the proverbial poison pill in his tax returns. And there are already enough pundits who are predicting some variation of that. But the point is, in Romney's mind, there is NO defense of his returns....NONE!! It cannot stand scrutiny...whether that is legal scrutiny or political scrutiny, it doesn't matter. He was willing to NOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR OR THE PRESIDENCY had he thought that he would EVER have to release his returns. Please let that sink in....given what you know about his political ambitions!! That would answer the question of why he had not anticipated and prepared for this eventuality?????? A man as smart as he is. He miscalculated...he thought he could withstand the pressure from the left(because he had when he won in Mass.) but was not counting on the bi-partisan crescendo. And if the pundits on the right knew that, they may not be putting so much pressure on Romney to release his returns. They cannot afford for his candidacy to implode...either Romney withdrawing rather than release his returns(gasp!!!---- but a possibility?) to protect his personal interests OR he releases his returns and takes whatever political and/or criminal risk there may be...and it must be humongous. Guess his consulting background did not help him . But keep in mind, it's not just Romney that the system is worried about. They are also worried about exposing how the system works to even more scrutiny. That's called being caught between a rock and a hard place...n'est ce pas?? As a tiny example, think about how it feels to be a part of Bain Capital today...being exposed like this. If the Cayman Island accounts are also being used not just by foreign investors, as Romney claims, but ALSO by American investors to hide their investments and therefore their earnings and therefore their taxes.......watch out!! And Romney has already admitted to the former and people apparently do the latter so unless Bain was doing something special with the over 100 Cayman Island accounts to prevent the latter???
I will concede that this is fanciful thinking and connecting a bunch of dots but I'm just saying :-)