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he has a big network of fellow activists, he has access to a lot of money that he can inject into congressional races around the country, but ironically enough, it s the democrats that sort of elevated the mystique of grover. it was the last session of congress when harry reid was talking about grover as though he was the 101st senator. that pledge, by the way, has some loopholes in it, too. for instance, if we did go over the fiscal cliff and all of those bush tax cuts expired, then they could go and pass something that would actually be higher taxes than we have today, but lower than the, you know, where we would be then. i mean, this pledge has definitely got some holes in it, and grover himself will concede that. you mention that it was passed in the 80s, and for folks who aren t familiar with
it, let s put it up here. one, according to the pledge, oppose any and all efforts to impose the marginal income tax rates for individuals or business and impose deductions and credits unless matched dollar for dollar by further tax rates. ana marie met congressman tom cole of oklahoma, saying republicans should support president obama s plan to raise taxes on folks who earn more than $250,000. he repeated that sentiment today. several other republicans said they ll violate his pledge. is there a full fledged revolt now against norquist? i think he is losing his influence. i have to add to karen s insight, democrats have elevated him, so has the media. the fact we are talking about him now adds to his mystique and power. i think grover used to be one of the only games in town when it came to spokesmen for this kind
traditions and the only senator not on the record that day? that would have been one john f. kennedy of massachusetts. it turns out he was in the hospital for back surgery on this day in 1954. now to another former president, we re talking about jimmy carter now. in our own richard lui got a chance to sit down with the former president recently during a trip to haiti. both he and richard were there volunteering with habitat for humanity. richard talked to mr. carter about service after the white house. the carter family s role in the recent election. and the rocky road to middle east peace. which he helped pave. 100 new hurricane-resistant homes. and 600 volunteer construction workers in the middle of it, an 88-year-old statesman. former president jimmy carter working in heat nearing 100 degrees, with wife roselynn in
let s get going. and i agree, he has to show that he s going to lead. but at the same time, while he was just re-elected, he is looking towards legacy and he does not want to start his second term off with a recession. which is exactly what will happen if we go off the fiscal cliff. and he wants to solve this problem. i really believe if we solve this problem, the economy is going to take off. but solve it in a big way. don t you agree, governor? absolutely. we have to go big on this. we can t kick the can down the road. sorry we re taking the show over from you. i needed a breather, anyway, you re chairman of the fix the debt group. democrats at this point, do you think they are dealing seriously enough with entitlement reforms? i think some of them like senator durbin are, but there are a lot of people on left of our party, the progressive wing of the party, very progressive wing that haven t come to grips with what i said at the beginning and what susan echoed. tha