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Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist faces erosion of power
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| Last Edited | Craverguy Nov 26, 2012 01:10am |
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| Author | Agence France-Presse |
| News Date | Monday, November 26, 2012 05:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Anti-tax evangelist Grover Norquist, one of Washington’s most influential figures, is facing an apparent erosion of his power as leading Republicans begin opting out of pledges to his cause.
Norquist has amassed considerable clout over the last couple of decades by managing to get hundreds of Republicans in elective office to sign a controversial pledge vowing never to vote for a tax increase.
But there was growing feeling Sunday that the anti-tax crusader and his pledge were quickly becoming irrelevant as several party bigwigs said they would abandon the vow and analysts openly questioned his continued relevance.
“Grover Norquist is an impediment to good governing,” Republican political strategist Matthew Dowd told ABC television’s This Week program.
“The only good thing about Grover Norquist is, he’s named after a character from Sesame Street,” Dowd said.
“I think Grover Norquist’s sell-by date has passed,” said another longtime political observer, Joe Klein of Time Magazine.
Norquist, who heads the Americans for Tax Reform group, began collecting signatories to his pledge more than 20 years ago, gathering the names of politicians no less powerful than Mitt Romney, the recently-vanquished Republican presidential candidate.
Signatories to Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” agreed to “oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses.”
They also promised to “oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.” |
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