Mar. 26, Headlines - Barack Obama posted seven years worth of tax returns on his website, his Communications Director Robert Gibbs, announced:
"We've put seven years of tax returns on the internet today. In a little
over 2 weeks we'll add another year of tax returns, full tax returns with
schedules.
We feel pretty good that that's a commitment to open government
and transparency that quite frankly has not been met by either of the two
remaining candidates in this race."
Obama's tax records reveal he and his wife combined made more than a million
dollars in 2005 and 2006. From his salary as US Senator and his book deal,
Audacity of Hope and Michelle Obama's position at the University of Chicago.
Hillary Clinton says she will release her tax returns in mid-April.
The state of Ohio is auditing Presidential primary elections it held earlier
this month. It was one of the campaign promises of Ohio Secretary of State
Jennifer Brunner. The audit will cover both paper ballots and electronic touch-screen
voting machines and will happen in 11 counties.
It's the first time Ohio
has done an audit on a presidential primary election. Election officials say
it will help verify the election and help ensure election integrity in the
future.
On the same day presumptive Republican nominee John
McCain gives a speech
on the economy in California, he receives a welcome endorsement, from former
First Lady Nancy Reagan. Her husband's name was often used on the GOP campaign
trail as all candidates likened themselves to her husband, President Ronald Reagan.
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