At least we know now why it took Al Franken's accountant a couple of weeks to get to the bottom of the California tax problem!
The headline says it all: Franken owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states
Was somebody recently faulting the Star Tribune for blowing this out of proportion?
I maintain that this isn't the kind of problem that should singlehandedly bring down Franken's campaign, but one can't dismiss its significance. While the figure and scale is big, the Franken people are implying that it stems from the same misunderstanding of tax law. They continue to blame the accounting firm.
It could very well be that the accounting firm is incompetent and gave horribly faulty advice. But the very fact that Franken was unable to figure out about himself what the Republicans uncovered fairly easily is troubling.
This will probably not foil Franken's DFL endorsement, but it can't help. I won't say that delegates should dump Franken for Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, but perhaps they should give the question some serious consideration. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer might truly be the better pick to take on Norm Coleman. Hopefully, he doesn't owe tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes.
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