Everyone is so obsessed with the legal aspect of this story that your missing the point.
Image is EVERYTHING in a general election. Legal as this may be when combined with other issues such as Bain and his desire to withhold his tax records for a time all make it "APPEAR" as if Mitt is not fully forth coming about his finances.
While there may indeed be nothing wrong with any of this the perception could easily be twisted in a clever campaign ad by the democrats.
Beating Obama is the goal, not defending our candidate at every turn. This election rightfully so should be about Obama and his record. It will be hard to focus on that when he will have so much ammunition in his own arsenal.
Like Palin, I hope Newt wins the next primary. Let's have enough time to expose all possible issues and then decide who our nominee should be.
I usually agree with you, but not here... it only looks bad to people who really allow themselves to get caught up in the whole "who's got what" aspect and frankly, don't understand the complexities of the American system of taxation. EVERYBODY seeks to reduce their tax burden as much as they can all the way down to the lower income.. why do you think we have this whole underground economy of people working for cash?
This is a non-story, in my opinion.