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we need to repeal it. >> i think kevin madden gave a good view what they are going to do. sounds like the role is something like a traveling communications director. in proximity to the candidate is enormously important when you're at this stage of the campaign. that's the access you need. that's what you need to really drive the message. look, i think all these cause for a major contain campaign shake-up are a mistake. it's enormously important to have a campaign team that understands the candidate as a person, who the candidate trusts and vice versa. >> which his team does. >> which his team does. by bringing madden on a more senior role, who was with him in 2008, who knows the governor well, they're doing exactly what they should do. they're broadening the base of senior leadership, but they're not grafting on to an entirely new personality, because that would have really i think undercut a campaign in a critical moment. >> does this happen -- mitt romney had momentum and now barack obama has the momentum. he's had a couple stumbles. people start shooting and say shake
we need to repeal it. >> i think kevin madden gave a good view what they are going to do. sounds like the role is something like a traveling communications director. in proximity to the candidate is enormously important when you're at this stage of the campaign. that's the access you need. that's what you need to really drive the message. look, i think all these cause for a major contain campaign shake-up are a mistake. it's enormously important to have a campaign team that understands...
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spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. you'll hear my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. but democrats are certainly having a field day with where some of romney's fortune is or was invested. >> this is a man who says president barack obama is out of touch. out of touch with the needs of the american people. this coming from a man who recently had a swiss bank account and millions of dollars invested in the grand cayman islands beyond scrutiny. and the president obama is out of touch? >> that was just part of a democratic tidal wave. >> when he put his money in swiss bank accounts and tax havens and shelters and also set up the secret company, the shell company in bermuda.
spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. keeping them honest, though. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. you'll hear my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. but democrats are...
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. >> and our old front, kevin madden, he's coming back to help them with a more active level. >> he'll see more as a front spokesman for the campaign. >> what about the money? $100 million, they raised last month. that's a lot more than, we don't know exactly how much the obama and the democratic campaigns are going to raise, but they're doing well in the fund-raising department. >> they are. and the democrats are sort of tossing it off in two ways, saying, listen, he's getting the low-hanging fruit. this is a guy who can go now back to his primary supporters and saying, he can give for the general campaign, and go back to the people who didn't support him in the primary and say, time to pony up here, because i'm going to be the nominee. but the blessing for mitt romney this week is, he was having a lousy week. he really was. they leaked out the $100 million, and that always takes up air time, and it directs you away from all this criticism that romney has been taking on. and he gets this jobs report, which you can't go out and high five people about, because it's a bad jobs report, bu
. >> and our old front, kevin madden, he's coming back to help them with a more active level. >> he'll see more as a front spokesman for the campaign. >> what about the money? $100 million, they raised last month. that's a lot more than, we don't know exactly how much the obama and the democratic campaigns are going to raise, but they're doing well in the fund-raising department. >> they are. and the democrats are sort of tossing it off in two ways, saying, listen, he's...
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we see kevin madden who came on l.a. week. all of a sudden, it's a shift in strategy. it's, let's get out front, let's play offense. even though it was a friday afternoon, which is not the best time to play offense in the political cycle. >> he said let's get out front. it's too bad they didn't. ryan, do you think he did well in his response or it was a sign of weakness to come out and respond in all these interviews on a friday afternoon? >> i think john actually makes a good point. you've seen a personnel change. when you have any campaign of this kind, it's incredibly high stake, high pressure environment. i think mitt romney -- i don't think it was the strongest interview he's ever given. i think that's part of the point. he has to do this. he has to do this more often. and one hopes from the perspective of the romney campaign, that he's going to get better eve time. this is the first time out of the gate. if he's going to embrace a more out front strategy, he's going to have to get smoother, more polishes and have a more convincing story to tell. >> well, if you h
we see kevin madden who came on l.a. week. all of a sudden, it's a shift in strategy. it's, let's get out front, let's play offense. even though it was a friday afternoon, which is not the best time to play offense in the political cycle. >> he said let's get out front. it's too bad they didn't. ryan, do you think he did well in his response or it was a sign of weakness to come out and respond in all these interviews on a friday afternoon? >> i think john actually makes a good...
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. >> kevin madden told fox news sunday that romney hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where these funds are domiciled. his liability is exactly the same as if he held them directly in the u.s. as a u.s. citizen, he is accountable for u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens. but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. is all that accurate according to your reporting? can you say that definitively? >> well, no, not quite. this claim that, you know, he pays exactly the same taxes as if he'd invested in the united states, his investments through the cayman islands, exactly the same tax rate. it's not quite true. or at least it appears not to be. again this is one of the questions where we don't have clarity but there are strong indications. on your earlier point about, you know, saying it has been said by the romney campaign and others that these are not tax havens. we're not investing through tax havens. that is something that has been repeated. that is something i've seen, you know, i've been researching tax havens for many years and it's on
. >> kevin madden told fox news sunday that romney hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where these funds are domiciled. his liability is exactly the same as if he held them directly in the u.s. as a u.s. citizen, he is accountable for u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens. but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. is all that accurate according to your reporting? can you say that definitively? >> well, no, not quite. this claim...
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spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. democrats are certainly having a field day where some of romney's fortune is or was invested. >> this is a man who says president barack obama is out of touch. out of touch with the needs of the american people. this coming from a man who recently had a swiss bank account and millions of dollars invested in the grand cayman islands beyond scrutiny. and the president obama is out of touch? >> that was just part of a democratic tidal wave. >> when he put his money in swiss bank accounts and tax haven s and shelters and also st up theec
spokesman kevin madden says, quote, some investments in some foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney doesn't hold any such investments. a tax shelter expert who has investigated, written an article on romney's holdings says it's not so clear cut. my interview with him in a moment. it's important to point out no one is accusing governor romney of breaking any laws, either in how he earned that money or how he does his taxes. democrats are certainly having a field day where some of...