Don't you wonder just who is this Grover Norquist who has such a maniacal hold on the Republican Party? My recent guest Mickey Edwards isn't the only conservative who would like to see the party free itself from his grip. Writing in the Financial Times last week, conservative journalist Christopher Caldwell describes the Norquist Pledge as a "partisan document," "a ratchet driving taxes down to unsustainable levels" that "symbolizes a political system short on legitimacy." Norquist claims the pledge is something politicians make to their constituents, not to him. But Caldwell wonders "who authorized him to collect politicians' signatures on their constituents' behalf."
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