On Friday, Mitt Romney released his 2011 "effective tax rate," which was said to be at 14.1%. Yeah, you know it's been an awful week for the Romney campaign when they divert attention to the one area they tried to avoid said attention for so long - Romney's tax returns. At the end of the day, the released information led to more questions than answers and may wind up hurting the Romney campaign in the end, due to them bringing the story back up front and center.
Republican strategist Alex Castellanos had this to say following this bit of news:
"At first I thought this was an April Fool's Joke. But it isn't April. I can't imagine that David Axelrod will now say, I'm glad Mitt put this issue behind him. This will drag Mitt's taxes back into the debate. And there's not many days left. I just can't imagine why they would do this. There are 40 days left and you have now made more of them about Mitt's taxes....you don't serve a life sentence and then confess afterward. They've taken their beating on this (already) ... I just don't understand how a (being) 'little pregnant' strategy (works)."
Yeah, I think it's safe to say at this point - the Romney team has run about as smart a campaign as George Clooney looks like a woman.
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