Obama Campaign Demands 23 Years of Romney's Tax Returns...But Won't Release 23 Years of Obama's Returns

Bryan Preston | 1:58 PM on April 10, 2012

Whatever happened to that whole Obama notion of “fairness”?

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina suggested Romney release 23 years of tax returns, noting that he had reportedly given that many years’ worth to John McCain when he was being vetted as a potential running mate. But when asked by the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein whether Obama had plans to release 23 years of returns himself, Messina pointed to Obama’s 12 years of returns without committing to further releases.

“This is the standard that Romney set when he was talking to McCain about the [vice presidency]” he said. “We have been very clear about what we’ve laid out.”

So…no. And therefore, fail. Nice try, Messina.

Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, was a founding blogger and producer at Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.

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