The Reign of the Hairball

Grover Norquist, head of "Americans for Tax Reform" and other rightist groups, may be the most responsible for the "tax phobia" that has become a dogma of the GOP. Recently, though, he decided that a Senate proposal to repeal ethanol subsidies was the equivalent to a tax increase. This brought a rebuke from top Repubs like Tom Coburn and John Kyl. It may be premature to say that Norquist is finished but it will become harder for him to always get what he wants.