Clinton never really paid a price for the Lewinsky affair. Why not? Because it turned out that a lot of people figured breaking some rules to get what he wants isn't necessarily a bad thing in a President.

The Romney tax return issue is the same thing. Smart Democrats will walk away from this issue. Romney made a lot of money. He doesn't want people poking around in his business. There's a lot of people who are going to figure that's not such a bad quality in a President.

As we learned from the Clinton presidency, not every problem has a net negative impact. Romney's "Mr. Clean" image may actually be helped by the tax return issue. It makes him just a little gritty. Just a little less goody two shoes. And in his case, that's probably a positive.

I think the two situations are very different. Clinton was accused of cheating on his wife, being untrustworthy, unethical, etc. No one is really saying that about Romney, the left just wants more info so they can rip him to shreds with whatever he provides to them. Make no mistake, the left and Obama's smear machine will lie their asses off and make anything in the tax returns look as bad as they can.