How Grover Norquist’s Radical Anti-Tax Pledge Sunk Top Tier Republican Senate Candidates

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/11/07/1159241/grover-norquist-pledge-albatross-vulnerable-candidates/

Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform boasted that 279 Congressional incumbents — and another 286 challengers — signed his "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" to never vote for any tax increases under any circumstances.

But when Democrats fought back against the anti-tax zealotry of Norquist and his Republican minions, many voters reacted positively, rejecting the pledge and its adherents. In fact, the notion of asking billionaires to contribute a little more was a key argument for President Obama's re-election and Democratic victors around the country.

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