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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.

  • May 15, 2008 3:38 PM

    Norquist Stuck Pining Away for His Glory Days

    Chris Hayes attended the promotional event for Grover Norquist today and reports that Norquist noted that 70% Republicans are skeptical of free trade but, "they don't vote on that issue, so at one level I don't care."

    Norquist may have been right in the past, but that seems to be changing, according to this post-election survey in 2006. It shows Republicans who considered voting Democrat listed the GOP's support for unfair trade deals as the top concern in considering the switch. That inkling, which started in 2006, may very well push these voters to Democrats in 2008, thanks to the recession and to more Democratic candidates voicing fair trade themes.

    This is yet another example of why I said Norquist does not represent "new" thinking or "new" ideas - in fact, with this declaration, he's exposed himself as stuck in the past, still pining away for his glory days when rank-and-file Republican voters weren't so darn sick of the royalism he preaches.

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