Romney's Tax Returns

     For Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns for public scrutiny would be a great mistake.  Does anyone seriously believe that that would satisfy the Democrats and turn their attention to real issues?  The Democrats would never let go of it.  They would seize on everything in it as indicative of some evil conspiracy, some dark ruse to avoid taxes and they would keep pounding away on it through election day as if we did not know that Romney is a wealthy man.

     Harry Truman said that an event does not retain the attention of the public for more than about six weeks, and today that is more like one week.  It is when there is a mine field such as Watergate, when there is some shocking event, and then another, and another, so that focus on it is never lost, that the matter remains in the news.  If Romney simply refuses, without explanation, the Democrats will continue to demand disclosure but eventually they will stop when they have started to realize that the "issue" is putting people to sleep.