here is the audio from that video? not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. so it does not violet the pledge? we wouldn t hold it that way. it would be a very bad thing to do. it would raise taxes from where they are today. would it technically violate the pledge? no. seems straightforward, but then he backed away in the comments here on msnbc. today in the new york times he tried to clarify things further. he said he remains opposed to any tax increases but went on to write, my positions and the implications of the pledge regarding temporary tax cuts is clear. if there were no vote in congress and daxes rose automatically, no politicians would have voted for politics and no elected official would have broken his or her pledge. that s different than the lower tax rates. candidly, i still don t get it. explain it to me. i think the washington nuance there is the difference between
chairman michael steele. can we get into grover-gate, michael? have at it. i m trying to read these tea leaves. i know you re the guy to take me to the answer. tuesday grove r said it wouldn violet his anti-tax pledge. here is the audio from that video? not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. so it does not violet the pledge? we wouldn t hold it that way. it would be a very bad thing to do. it would raise taxes from where they are today. would it technically violate the pledge? no. seems straightforward, but then he backed away in the comments here on msnbc. today in the new york times he tried to clarify things further. he said he remains opposed to any tax increases but went on to write, my positions and the implications of the pledge regarding temporary tax cuts is clear. if there were no vote in congress and daxes rose