Sources: Romney Wouldn't Have Run If He Had Foreseen Tax Controversy

[Waiting For Everyman]

64. I read that as a very significant statement. He would've chosen not to run????

That's a pretty big deal, isn't it? He has conducted now two presidential campaigns, spending a ton of money. And now to say that if he had any clue that these returns would have to released... he would have PASSED? PASS on being POTUS, which obviously he wants desperately? That tells me that something very big is in those returns. And it seems that the Obama team already knows what it is, as one insider has said we should stay tuned for more.

Here's my guess: 1) I think Mitt's business cohorts will find out some things he'd rather they didn't. I don't think it's so much the public he's worried about getting the info, but his own insiders who he has had dealings with. Some of his transactions might surprise them a bit. Say, certain things he took advantage of? Certain "plums" he threw to others and not to them? 2) The offshore accounts for "foreign investors"... I think who those investors are might be very shocking. Saudis? Chinese? Big banks? Koch brothers types? Who knows, but it could be very, very bad. What's more, it could be someone who has told him, 'you will not reveal this, or else'. I'm thinking Godfather-ish 'or else'.

He may know that he's a "dead man walking" if certain secrets get out. Look at how secretive he has been up to now, before running for POTUS. By all accounts, very secretive. That isn't for nothing. That wasn't just general business policy. There was a reason for the secrecy, only now it's a far bigger reason.

I have a hunch I'm in the right ballpark on this.