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Hes the ideological godfather of the tea party. Grover norquist has been the driving force behind the antitax movement. His goal, to take Big Government and, in his words, drown it in the bathtub. Norquists weapon is the Taxpayer Protection pledge, which was at one point signed by 95 of gop members of congress. Can you raise your hand if you feel so strongly about not raising taxes . On the campaign trail this year, only one republican president ial candidate, jon huntsman, dared to cross him. Norquist has clout. Hes called the most powerful unelected man in america today. He signed a pledge, its without congress. That pledge is for that congress. Im not obligated on the pledge. Republicans are jumping ship and supporting unspecified r revenue hikes to help cut the deficit. And big business resigned to higher taxes. Here is lloyd blankfein. We had to lift up the marginal rate. Norquists response . Some of these people have had impure thoughts. No one pulled the trigger and voted for a

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