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The Spectacle Blog
When Mitt Romney was asked in a GOP debate to name a Hispanic he would like to see his his Cabinet, the first name that came to mind was Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval.
In addition to being pro-abortion, what makes Sandoval unique among Republican governors is he’s one of the few to reject the Tea Party principles of smaller government and refuses to sign an anti-tax pledge.
As American Spectator Contributing Editor Grover Norquist noted in the March print edition:
The importance of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge can be seen in Nevada where a Republican governor Sandoval was elected promising never to raise taxes. But he wouldn’t put it in writing by signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. He said his word was good enough. He lasted less than six months before he signed a $620 million “temporary” tax increase over the next two years. “That $620 million hike is scheduled to expire in 2014,” notes conservative activist Chuck Muth of Citizen Outreach. “Considering how he reneged on his verbal promise to the voters last year, we’d feel a whole lot better this time around if Gov. Sandoval would sign the Tax Pledge this year. Fool us once…”
And Grover accurately predicted the future, as those “temporary” tax hikes are being extended indefinitely:
Gov. Brian Sandoval said today he will propose continuing the 2009 tax increase to avoid further cutting education and other services when he builds his budget for the next biennium.
Sandoval’s stance is in sharp contrast to his budget approach two years ago, when he vowed he would allow the 2009 tax increase to expire as planned.
Sandoval ultimately included that revenue when a Nevada Supreme Court decision threw into question more than $600 million in local government funds he had planned to use to plug the budget hole.
But Sandoval said he doesn’t view the extension of the sunsets as a tax increase.
“Let me be clear, as I’ve said before, the economy is improving, but I believe we must begin this budgeting process with all the information available,” Sandoval said in a written statement. “In addition to avoiding further cuts to education, this decision means there will be no need for tax increases in the next session. Nevadans will pay no more than they are in the current biennium.”
This should be confirmation as to just how important ATR’s pledge is to the conservative cause.
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Teflon93| 3.15.12 @ 10:34AM
Romney keeps telling us who he is---he is a liberal.
When will conservatives listen?
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.15.12 @ 10:41AM
Tax pledges are stupid. In fact, all those who signed have already violated those pledges. And Norquist is someone to be listened to? He's pushing the Muslim agenda at taxpayers expense.
Rick| 3.15.12 @ 11:22AM
Sandoval endorsed Rick Perry.
Jake| 3.15.12 @ 1:50PM
If Sandoval is in Romney's cabinet-how could he raise taxes on a national level ?
Anyone Romney named off the top of his head would have been picked apart.
Alex| 3.15.12 @ 2:35PM
ATR's pledge, or anyone else's, is meaningless and this writer knows it. He hopes, however, that you won't notice that conservative pundits hold the public in no higher esteem than do liberals.
So, Matt does not like Romney. Fair enough. Then who? Santorum? If so, please explain how a former Senator who voted for EVERY excess of the Bush years - No Child, Medicare drug bill, creation of DHS (and its evil spawn TSA), plus several increases in the debt ceiling - qualifies as conservative. Unless, of course, your calculus is that Ricky from PA is not a Mormon. By the way, Reagan raised some taxes during his years, even while reducing rates on income.
There is no perfect candidate but is worth noting:
--not a single person who served under Newt will campaign for him
--no one even noticed Santorum until the other anointed conservatives fell aside or refused to run, leaving no other alternative
--business folks seem to back Romney. Hmmm.
Mike Rogers | 3.15.12 @ 5:25PM
Mittens RMoney, D-MA, shows his true colors again.
Think this guy will shrink the budget?
Think he can fire federal workers like Bain fired private workers?
Think again.
Lloyd| 3.15.12 @ 8:43PM
This is why I like the prolonged primary season and why I reject the hectoring and sneering for fiscal conservatives like me to jump on the Mitt bandwagon now. The longer this goes on, the more to the right Mr. Romney gets pulled. His flip-flops are legendary, but are all to stage right. Add in a fiscally conservative House and Senate and there is little he can do to flop back Obamawards. And he's still a better choice than the incumbent, and in 2016 we can run more candidates against him from the right.
RJ| 3.15.12 @ 10:49PM
To use an example that Mitt Romney can relate to, the on-going battle against high taxes is similar to the teachings in The Book of Mormon - To many of our Nephite candidates turn into Lamanites when they get into office.
martin j smith| 3.16.12 @ 8:29AM
Another reason why I oppose Romney. And others should too. Go Newt and Santorum get lost Romney and Paul.
LMM| 3.16.12 @ 2:04PM
The only reason for lambasting a candidate (in this case Romney) for "mentioning" someone's name that you don't approve of is to increase Obama's chance of being re-elected.