Obama campaign posts his tax returns on Web

The campaign of Sen. Barack Obama today posted his tax returns on its website, a move designed to pressure Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to release her financial information.

US presidential election, 2008

The campaigns have sparred over tax and financial information before.
For the Obama campaign, the issue is part of its effort to portray the
New York senator as hiding key information or in some case exaggerating
it. The Obama campaign this week criticized Clinton's claims to have
faced sniper fire in Bosnia.

Obama's tax returns from 2000 to 2006 were posted this morning, the
campaign announced. Much of the information had been previously
released to news organizations.

Politicians often celebrate the April 15 tax deadline by releasing
their returns, a move praised by good government groups. Those who
don't frequently find themselves attacked by their opponents.

"Releasing tax returns is a matter of routine and we believe the
Clinton campaign should meet that routine standard and meet that
routine standard now," according to Robert Gibbs, Obama's
communications director.US presidential election, 2008

Clinton has said she will release her post- White House tax documents in mid-April.

The Clinton campaign this morning attacked Obama for not making his tax
returns public, but the statement came at almost the same moment as the
Obama campaign's actions.US presidential election, 2008

"In the public record there are 20 years of Hillary's tax returns,
hundreds of thousands of pages of records from her time in White House
and countless other documents detailing her time in public life. Sen.
Obama's record is far more opaque. Sen. Obama has not released his tax
returns, except for 2006," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said in a
statement sent to reporters.US presidential election, 2008

The tax issue came up in Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, but in a
different way. Republican candidate Rick Lazio was followed by a
protester who called himself Tax Man, demanding that Lazio makes his
documents public.

The Clinton campaign used the issue to embarrass Lazio.

Clinton was campaigning in Pennsylvania today while Obama had no public schedule

Thanks:Rab

Source:latimes.com

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