Indiana: Grover Norquist to endorse Mourdock after Lugar rejects no-tax pledge

[Eugene]

Source: Yahoo! News

Grover Norquist to endorse Mourdock after Lugar rejects no-tax pledge

By Chris Moody | The Ticket – 1 hr 5 mins ago

Grover Norquist, the influential conservative activist who is the president of Americans for Tax Reform, will endorse Richard Mourdock over Dick Lugar before next week's Republican Senate primary in Indiana, Yahoo News has learned.

Lugar, who has represented Indiana in the U.S. Senate since 1977, has never signed Norquist's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" never to raise taxes. A majority of Republican lawmakers--and some Democrats in conservative districts--have signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge.

Norquist will join a handful of high-profile conservatives and organizations--including Sarah Palin and the American Conservative Union--who have backed Mourdock, Indiana's state treasurer who is running to Lugar's right with the backing of national tea-party groups.

Members of Lugar's congressional staff met with Norquist at the Americans for Tax Reform headquarters in Washington earlier this year to discuss whether Lugar would sign the no-tax pledge, a source who attended the meeting told Yahoo News.

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[LiberalFighter]

1. I am so conflicted.

On the one hand I want Mourduck to win. And the other hand I want Lugar to win.

I want Mourduck to win so the odds are better for Donnelly to win in the general.

I want Lugar to win so Norquist's power is reduced. I am expecting Lugar to be severely damaged even if he wins.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. I feel pretty much the same way

Even though he is Republican, I've always sort of had a soft spot for Lugar and have even voted for him whenever the Dems haven't put anybody up, which they haven't for years. Now, it looks like Lugar might be heading down to defeat, which might help Donnelly win in the fall but, given that this is Indiana and is not probably going to go to President Obama this year, we could very well end up with another obstructionist in the US Senate instead of somebody who, while generally loyal to the leadership, does occasionally go his own way.

Decisions, decisions..............

I guess I'll just let Republican voters decide for themselves.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I disagree that Obama won't win Indiana

The key is for all campaigns do their job. Gregg and Donnelly do theirs. Obama does theirs here in Indiana. And of course, county campaigns too.

One of the keys to winning is for the votes to be either close or win in Allen County. It has been done and can be done again. O'Bannon's campaign did a very good campaign and Allen County was the key.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. It's always possible

but we got hit with a severe tidal wave of red in 2010 leaving us with voter ID, Planned Parenthood defunding, initial passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment, and "right-to-work". On the plus side, unions have become mobilized, which could help us in 2012 but this is still Indiana and there are a lot of anti-Obama teabagger sentiment here.

[The Magistrate]

3. Excellent, Sir: We May take This Seat

[and-justice-for-all]

6. I live in Indiana

and they are both an ubermegasuperfail.

[yellowcanine]

7. Grover Norquist is such a miserable little toad.

I think DU should have an official policy to ignore him in the future. No threads, no posts on Grover Norquist unless he gets arrested, dies, or gets caught in a sordid scandal.