TUESDAY UPDATE: SANTORUM TO PLEDGE. TUESDAY UPDATE: SANTORUM TO PLEDGE. One of the nation's most well-known anti-tax advocates will join recently announced GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Manchester on Wednesday.
Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is slated to be on hand to witness Santorum sign ATR's “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” at Central Paper, 350 Gay St., Manchester, at 2:30 p.m.
Santorum will then tour the facility and talk tax and regulatory challenges facing small businesses.
Norquist told the Granite Status today that Santorum will be third presidential candidate to sign the pledge so far in the current campaign. He said businessman Herman Cain and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson have also signed.
Norquist said the pledge simply says, “I will oppose and veto any effort to raise taxes.”
He said Santorum signed the pledge as a member of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, “and we are delighted that he is continuing the commitment to taxpayers.”
Norquist said all other GOP presidential candidates have indicated to him that they intend to sign the pledge as well.
Santorum formally announced his candidacy for President in his home state of Pennsylvania on Monday, emphasizing his fiscal and social conservatism.
The former U.S. senator on Sunday won the New Hampshire Conservative Future PAC's presidential straw poll in Nashua, with 37 percent of the vote. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul tied for second with 12% of the vote.
UnionLeader.com
by JOHN DiSTASO
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110607/NEWS0602/706029991
