Seamus is in the car--retroactively

++John Sununu backtracked his statement about Obama being a pot-smoking socialist but he doubled down on Romney not releasing his tax returns.


++Romney said today he "was not enthusiastic about releasing more tax returns."


++Ron Paul said Romney would help himself out by releasing more tax returns.


++To Politico, McCain said it wasn't the tax returns that had anything to do with him not tapping Romney. He said,"Sarah Palin was a better candidate." Zing!


++Reporters are now asking the Romney campaign whether his vice presidential pick will release his or her tax returns.


++As Romney headed to Pennsylvania, Obama's "Makes You Wonder" ad has hit the airwaves there. Romney has been struggling with trying to approach the middle class so today he said, "Liberal policies don't create jobs." 


++The Washington Post says that this flap is of Romney's making. What was a "minor hiccup" has now become a train wreck and could be a defining moment in the campaign.


++About to bask in his Olympic glory, Romney was hit by a story that he lobbied and received $342 million in federal bailouts for the Olympics and he still brought it in with a huge deficit.


++PPP has done their first poll of Iowa since May and finds that Obama has an 48-43 lead, when before he led 51 to 41. His margin is still primarily the gender gap.


++Reporters are now asking whether it is time for Ann Romney to release her taxes.