I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mitt dropped out of the race. Hear me out...

[bklyncowgirl]

21. Maybe--there has to be something more in those tax returns than just a low tax rate.

The low tax rate was no surprise but I was a bit surprised that he'd still have his money in a notorious tax haven like the Caymans. You'd think his political advisors would have told him that no matter how intelligent an investment it was putting his cash in a place which Joe Six Pack and Soccer Mom associate with drug kingpins, tax cheats and con artists is bad news politically. Then there's the refusal to release his tax returns. Once again, SOP, for presidential candidate. He would have to know that if he got the nomination, Obama'd be waving his around like a boy scout. Why not? Because as Fitzgerald famously said (more or less) The rich are different than you and I.

Romney's an arrogant piece of work. I could see him fold up his tent and deprive the nation of his great mangerial and fincial skills rather than submit his finances for review by the great unwashed simply because he truly believes that it is none of our business.

Of course there could be other reasons. Along with members of the media hordes, Democratic operatives and Gingrich gnomes there could be other people scrutinizing these returns--people like agents of the Internal Revenue Service and maybe the FBI. Who knows. This is all very strange.