Norquist Endorses Boehner Plan
Steven L. Taylor
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Via Politico: Grover Norquist backs John Boehner’s debt bill
“Boehner’s plan is the only way to bring spending down by the same amount the debt ceiling increases – without raising taxes,”Norquist said Wednesday in POLITICO’s Arena. “It is a tremendous win for the forces of limited government.”
That should give the Tea Partiers enough cover to vote for the package, I suppose. They are also under a lot of pressure from House leadership at the moment, it would seem.
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
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I’ve always thought of Norquist as an empty shirt. This moves him up a bit in my opinion.
(Though, I should note that I think the Reid plan actually does more to fix the debt, without raising taxes.)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Club_for_Growth_urges_Boehner_bill_defeat.html
The Club for Growth is opposed.
@john personna:
The Boehner plan isn’t all that different from what Norquist said was acceptable back in May: no taxes, spending cuts at least as much as the debt limit increase, and a shorter term extension so that we can go through this again relatively soon (though, not quite a short as Norquist might prefer). If you thought he was an “empty suit” before, no reason to change your mind.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266798/pay-you-go-debt-ceiling-increases-grover-norquist
@ratufa:
I was combining this with his hedge away from expiration of Bush tax cuts as a tax increase.
Just trying to give the guy a chance … a guy I’ve considered the most corrosive in US politics.
@john personna: Up to what? A stuffed shirt?