It's AMNESTY STUPID

[Laurajr]

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But, so far as I can tell, with the exception of an occasional mention by Lawrence O'Donnell himself on his program, The Last Word, there are no voices with substantially more bandwidth than mine that are asking the obvious amnesty question, even as it has become obvious-er and obvious-er.

One can understand why the Obama campaign and White House has not raised amnesty. It would be turned against them because, despite the logic that leads inexorably to the conclusion that Romney likely received amnesty, the right-wing would attack the White House for obtaining confidential IRS information, much like the George HW Bush did from State Department records about candidate Bill Clinton in 1992. The same may be true of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

To review, here is the circumstantial evidence:

i) Romney closed ONLY his Swiss UBS Account, not Caymans or Bermuda or Luxembourg. Hence, he cannot claim "bad optics for a campaign" as the alternative explanation;

ii) Romney closed the UBS account during the time required to receive amnesty;

iii) Romney omitted from his public disclosure of his 2010 returns the specific information about the UBS account;

iv) Romney took six extra months to prepare his 2011 returns, disclosing them in the countdown to the election, whereas he could have disclosed 2009 immediately with 2010, getting all that bad news out at once, during the primary, so that it would be ancient history by now. That is strong evidence that 2009, that would have shown the amnesty with flashing lights, was too toxic.

[ProSense]

1. Yes. n/t

[mike_c]

2. I think this is pretty much a slam dunk at this point....

I also think that Romney will never, under any circumstances, release his 2009 tax filing. Knowing how damaging it would be to his campaign, he has nothing to lose by not releasing it, even if THAT damages his campaign too. The best hope for liberals is to keep the question in the public consciousness until it becomes a virtual meme, so that the damage is done whether Romney releases his returns or not. "Prove that you didn't take amnesty in 2009" needs to be stuck to Romney like a bad haircut. It will box him into a corner that he cannot get out of.

[DCKit]

3. Why this is not a huge issue is beyond me.

Let it sink the Rmoney campaign and allow us to concentrate on the House and Senate races.