April 15, 2004
Fighting The Bad Fight
Kerry's Secretary of the Domestic Treasury will have to release taxes sooner or later...
The attempts to keep Teresa Heinz's tax returns private will fail - the only question is when.
Advice: release it now, and avoid paying the political costs in full only to release it later. Geraldine Ferraro went through the same fight - and while her candidacy was never destined to succeed, the fight over her husbands tax returns took a similar path - obstinate refusal that eventually ends up in reticent acquiescence.
She can't keep it private - if Teresa wants to be first lady that is...