GOP showing small shifts on taxes

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GOP showing small shifts on taxes
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Friday, May 25, 12:01 PM

In GOP activist circles it is known simply as the pledge, and over the last generation it has become the essential conservative credential for Republicans seeking elective office. Of the 242 Republicans in the House today, all but six have signed the pledge

But now, an increasing number of GOP candidates for Congress are declining to sign, a small sign that could signal a big shift in Republican politics on taxes.

<..> Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a fiscal conservative who has tangled with Norquist, said he believes candidates are starting to understand that the ATR pledge’s power has been exaggerated by Norquist and the media and that Norquist is wrong when he asserts that it is nearly impossible to win a Republican primary in America without signing the pledge.

“That’s him patting himself on the back,” Coburn said. “And I think it’s bull crap.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/g...print.html

So the new candidates have figured out the congress has been fooling them about trying to help with the deficit. Very interesting.