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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 It started months ago, but Mitt Romney\'92s
critics\'92 calls for him to release years of tax returns have gotten louder in the last
week. \f1\fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\b\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 : \'93Romney is facing increased pressure,
even from Republicans, to release more than just the 2010 tax return and 2011 estimates.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 The GOP\'92s standard bearer has already released
his 2010 return, and has promised to release 2011\'92s after filing. He had asked for an
extension. On two Sunday shows, even conservatives urged Romney to do more.
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\fs26 \cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 MATTHEW DOWD, ABC}}
\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 :
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93So it\'92s obvious there\'92s something
there that compromises what he said in the past about something. But I think the bigger
thing is, it's arrogance.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 KARL ROVE, FOX NEWS}}
\f0\b\fs26 \cf4 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 : \'93He should release the tax returns tomorrow.
It's crazy. You gotta release six, eight, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit
for a day or two.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 But Romney recently told CNN, 2010 plus the
forthcoming 2011 returns is all he\'92d be making public, a decision critics pounced
on because the candidate\'92s father, George Romney, disclosed 12 years\'92 worth. Keeping
the issue in the headlines is President Obama\'92s re-election camp. Romney\'92s 2010 tax return
showed he had ties to offshore assets, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.barackobama.com/mitt-romney-offshore-accounts/"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 a fact which found itself featured}} in Obama
campaign attacks on the GOP\'92s candidate. \f1\fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 Romney\'92s inside-the-Beltway critics are
trying to advance the narrative that he\'92s out of touch with the average American. It\'92s
a narrative picked up by some in the media, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/vp/48188883#48188883"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 like MSNBC\'92s Chris Hayes}}.
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93The world that Mitt Romney is operating
in is a very different world than I'm operating in. I look at my tax returns and, you know,
there's not all this complexity and Cayman Islands and offshore accounts and whatever.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 Romney and aides have maintained the candidate
has done more than he\'92s obligated to by releasing more than a year of returns. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/conservative-romney-taxes-returns-hiding-something.php"}}{\fldrslt \fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\ul But Talking Points Memo\'92s Pema Levy writes}}\cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
... \f1\fs24 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93... Romney\'92s unwillingness to release
anything beyond these two years raises the question: if it\'92s worth the bad press to
keep the tax returns private, they must contain something worse.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 Romney\'92s supporters say the issue is a
distraction, with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/15/jan-brewer-mitt-romney_n_1674410.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 telling the Huffington Post}} the Obama campaign
is trying to distract voters from the economy and jobs.}