Romney "Lost the Election"

Romney this week has been caught saying a little too much about his voters that could be a real deal-breaker. In a "secret recording" that's been leaked everywhere it shows Romney saying that 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are victims," and "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
In an article on the Washington Post's website it goes into depth of who the 47 percent really are. 28.8 percent of people who don't pay income tax pay payroll tax, 10.3 percent are elderly, 6.9 percent are not elderly and make an income under 20,000, and 1 percent is other. This means a lot of these people are old and poor, who probably don't even make enough to pay income taxes. "Part of the reason so many Americans don’t pay federal income taxes is that Republicans have passed a series of very large tax cuts that wiped out the income-tax liability for many Americans." That means that Republicans are complaining about the effects that they have caused.

Some go even far enough to say that it's over for Romney, with their titles like "Today, Romney Lost the Election," which he might just have. The writer even goes as far as saying "Romney is the most opaque presidential nominee since Nixon," and we all know how Nixon worked out in the end. That's a pretty low blow but there's a hint of truth in it.

"Romney has been vigorously denying President Obama's claims that his tax plan would raise taxes on the middle class. Now, he's been caught on video suggesting that low- and middle-income Americans are undertaxed." That's a pretty large claim considering the fact that the low and middle class Americans pay 1.4 percent more than he does. If anything, the man who makes $21.6 million per year could afford to pay a higher percentage in taxes. He does say that he never paid less than 13 percent in taxes, but he sure is cutting it close.