Rick Perry on tax returns: ‘I’m all about transparency’
Rick Perry says transparency is best, Karl Rove wanted Rubio, a super PAC ad star isn’t voting, and Republicans claim Obama hates small business owners.
Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m!
EARLIER ON THE FIX:
How 17 people funded the Republican super PAC world — in one chart
Defense cuts: The lesser of two evils?
John Sununu, Mitt Romney’s best/worst surrogate
North Carolina runoff highlights GOP efforts to beat back outsider candidates
Why Mitt Romney should just release his tax returns
Florida voter purge fight isn’t over
Romney’s Al Green video pulled from YouTube
New Obama attack: Maybe Romney didn’t pay taxes
Why Democrats are willing to walk off the fiscal cliff
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:
* Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is joining the chorus of Republicans in favor of releasing tax returns, althoug he did not specifically pressure former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. “I’m a big believer that no matter who you are, or what office you’re running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns,” he said, adding that the president ought to release his college transcripts. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), meanwhile, put out a statement saying that his decision to pass over Romney for VP in 2008 “had nothing to do with the bogus tax return attacks.”
* Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Sarah Steelman (R) in the Aug. 7 Missouri GOP Senate primary. Steelman has lagged behind Rep. Todd Akin and businessman John Brunner in fundraising, but she does have a supportive super PAC with $451,500 on hand, and Palin has been pretty savvy with her picks this cycle. The winner will take on Sen. Claire McCaskill (D).
* Strategist Karl Rove and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have both been urging Romney former to pick Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his running mate. Donors also like Rubio, according to the New York Times, but the ambitious young politician is now seen as a long-shot.
* A laid-off steelworker featured
You can read the rest of this article at:: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1a8289102678fea563cac310a15810c9
Short URL: http://thepresidency.us/?p=18345
Posted by RobertButler
on Jul 17 2012. Filed under 2012 Presidential Campaign.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
