Grover Norquist/external articles

The following are external articles related to Grover Norquist.

Undated

 * Norquist biography, Americans for Tax Reform web site
 * Norquist biography, Association of Concerned Taxpayers
 * Norquist's articles for the American Spectator, the American Enterprise Institute and other venues
 * Speeches and Testimony by Grover Norquist and other ATR staff
 * Grover Norquist profile by Media Transparency.org

1997

 * Happy Warrior: Republican agitator Grover Norquist on building a "leave-us-alone coalition"; Norquist interview with Rick Henderson and Steven Hayward, Reason Magazine, February 1997.
 * Elizabeth Drew, "The Real Struggle for Political Power in America," Ninth Annual Knight Lecture, Stanford University, May 5, 1997: "Grover Norquist's insight was that he could put together a coalition, and he did, of about 70 groups who have different agendas. They're all on the right in the spectrum of our politics, but they all have one very important thing in common they all have something they don't want the federal government to do."
 * Tucker Carlson, "Right-Wing Journalism, Slate, July 17, 1997.
 * 'Anti-tax crusader helps steer conservative ship," NewsStar.com, October 1, 1997.

1998

 * John Berlau, "Grover Norquist takes on the tyranny of federal taxation," Insight on the News, January 26, 1998.
 * Democrats Call for Investigation of GOP-Allied Group, Public Campaign, February 16, 1998.
 * Joe Conason and Murray Waas, "Gingrich Money Man Helped Brock Sock Clinton," New York Observer, March 28, 1998.

1999

 * Grover Norquist, "No More Milking the Internet" for the Washington Post, December 21, 1999.

2000

 * Grover G. Norquist, "Reducing the Government by Half: How and Why We Can Cut the Size and Cost of Government in Half in One Generation--the Next Twenty-five Years," The Insider (Heritage Foundation), May 2000.

2001

 * ENTER GROVER: Meddling with Electoral College Reform, Tom Paine, January 23, 2001.
 * Robertson And Right-Wing Allies Brag Of Control Over Bush Agenda. Norquist and CBN Official: Far Right Plans to Radically Reshape Medicare and Social Security Now Viewed as Mainstream, Common Dreams, May 2, 2001.
 * Testimony of Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, September 7, 2001.
 * Seth Gitell, STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Grover Norquist and Abdurahman Alamoudi, Boston Phoenix, October 4-11, 2001.
 * Franklin Foer, "Fevered Pitch: Grover Norquist's Strange Alliance with Radical Islam," The New Republic, November 12, 2001.
 * Duncan Campbell, FBI raids pro-Republicans, Guardian Unlimited (UK), March 25, 2002: "The Safa trust, a Saudi-backed charity, has provided funds for a political group called the Islamic Institute, which was set up to mobilise support for the Republican party. It shares an office in Washington with the Republican activist Grover Norquist."

2002

 * Jeff Koopersmith, Grover Norquist: At It Again? Will Attorney General John Ashcroft indict him this time--or will Karl Rove give him a "Get out of Jail Free" card?, American Politics, December 9, 2002.

2003

 * Transcript: NOW with Bill Moyers with Grover Norquist, PBS, January 10, 2003.
 * Letter to Norquist from Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Center for Security Policy, February 7, 2003.
 * Conservative Republicans Spar Over Radical Islamic Influence at the White House, NJDC in the News, February 10, 2003: "An article in Friday's Washington Times reports, 'Veteran conservative activist Grover Norquist, credited with helping swing Muslim voters to support President Bush in the 2000 elections, has been accused of suppressing criticism of radical Islamic influence at the White House. …Mr. Frank Gaffney and some other conservatives say they worry that Mr. Norquist, who has the ear of White House chief strategist Karl Rove, prevents moderate Muslims from presenting their views to the White House in person -- a charge Mr. Norquist calls absurd.'"
 * Ralph Z. Hallow, "Conservatives clash on Muslim Bush aides," The Washington Times, February 7, 2003: "Veteran conservative activist Grover Norquist, credited with helping swing Muslim voters to support President Bush in the 2000 elections, has been accused of suppressing criticism of radical Islamic influence at the White House."
 * Stephen Moore and Grover Norquist, Governors Go Home! The congressional spending orgy is continuing under Bush, National Review, February 21, 2003.
 * Marc Jacoby, Friends in High Places, St. Petersburg Times, March 11, 2003.
 * Byron York, "Fight on the Right," National Review, March 19, 2003, provides a detailed account of the clash between Norquist and Frank Gaffney over Norquist's ties to Muslims.
 * Chris Floyd, Global Eye -- High Water, Metropolis: The Moscow Times.com, March 29, 2003.
 * Michael S. Gerber, State legislatures back Bush initiatives for national reforms at the state level, HillNews.com, April 16, 2003: "Legislators in 30 states have approved resolutions in favor of nine different federal issues. Although the project, led by ATR president and GOP activist Grover Norquist, has been around in some form or another for several years, it's been ramped up in the last year to put pressure on Democratic lawmakers from states that Bush won in 2000."
 * John Aloysius Farrell, "Rancor becomes top D.C. export: GOP leads charge in ideological war," Denver Post, May 26, 2003: "'We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals - and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship,' said Grover Norquist, a leading Republican strategist, who heads a group called Americans for Tax Reform.... 'Bipartisanship is another name for date rape,' Norquist, a onetime adviser to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, said, citing an axiom of House conservatives.... These days, Norquist and other conservative activists use the GOP tilt in the legislatures to make life difficult for Democratic members of Congress. On issue after issue - the war on terror, taxes, judicial appointees - Republican leaders in Washington have been getting GOP-controlled legislatures to go on record in support of Bush initiatives. It makes it more difficult for Democrats to explain unpopular votes back home."
 * Al Kamen, "John and Mary and Jayson and Rick," Washington Post, May 28, 2003: "Quote of the Month: 'Bipartisanship is another name for date rape,' says Grover Norquist, GOP strategist and head of Americans for Tax Reform, according to an article yesterday in the Denver Post. 'We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals -- and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship.'"
 * Al Kamen, "Taken for a Spin," Washington Post, June 2, 2003: "Veteran GOP operative Grover Norquist called Friday to clarify some comments in the Denver Post and in this column last week. He said he was not inveighing against the merits of bipartisanship per se, only noting that partisan fights at the state level seem to stop tax increases but bipartisanship or nonpartisanship in some states -- such as Utah and Nebraska -- seems to lead to tax hikes.... And that line 'bipartisanship is like date rape' is not his, he said, but was coined by former House majority leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) when the GOP was in the minority and being bipartisan meant getting the short end."
 * Anita Stieglitz, "Who's Pushing Bush?," Jerusalem Post, June 4, 2003: "The man pushing Bush to push the Jews is none other than Grover Norquist."
 * Jill Zuckman, "Pipeline Leads to Whitehouse," Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2003
 * Jill Zuckman, Conservative operative is in the right place at the right time," Orlando Sentinel, June 15, 2003: "Norquist is highly specific about his ultimate objective.... 'The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government in half over the next 25 years,' he said in an interview.... Norquist and the White House are so close that it is sometimes difficult to discern who is influencing whom. But such Bush initiatives as privatizing Social Security, moving Medicare recipients into managed health-care programs, eliminating the estate tax and reforming tort lawsuits bear all the marks of Norquist's thinking."
 * David S. Broder, "Tipping the Republican's Hand?," Washington Post, June 18, 2003, p. A25.
 * Bernard Chapin, "Grover's charge: An interview with Grover Norquist", Enter Stage Right, September 1, 2003.
 * David Horowitz, "Why We Are Publishing This Article", FrontPageMag.com, December 9, 2003.
 * Frank J Gaffney Jr., "A Troubling Influence", FrontPageMag.com, December 9, 2003.

2004

 * FEC complaint filed against Norquist, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, February 4, 2004.
 * Grover Norquist, "Cornered Rats Fight Hard", The American Enterprise, American Enterprise Institute, March 2004.
 * Michael Scherer, "The Soul of the New Machine", MotherJones, January/February 2004.
 * Lou Dubose, "K Street Croupiers: How Two of Tom DeLay's Players Beat the House at the Grand Coushatta Casino", Texas Observer, November 19, 2004.
 * Tony Walker, "Right's crusader on a roll", Australian Financial Review, December 23, 2004. (Sub req'd)

2005

 * Kate Zernike and Anne E. Kornblut, "Link to Lobbyist Brings Scrutiny to G.O.P. Figure," New York Times, May 23, 2005.
 * Lou Dubose, "The Pimping of the President: Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist - Billing Clients for Face Time with G.W. Bush", The Texas Observer, June 6, 2005 - mollyivins dot com mirror
 * Suzanne Gamboa, "Lobbyist Helped Indian Leaders Meet Bush", Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle''), June 7, 2005.
 * Jim Hightower, "Grover's Good Buddy Jack", Austin Chronicle, June 10, 2005.
 * Peter H. Stone, "Grover and Jack's Long Adventure," National Journal, October 2005.

2006

 * Paul Kiel, "Committee: Reed, Norquist Used as Pass-Throughs," TPMmuckraker, June 22, 2006. See "Gimme Five'&mdash;Investigation of Tribal Lobbying Matters," Final Report Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, 109th Congress, 2d Session, June 22, 2006.
 * Pete Yost, "Washington Tax-Cut Advocate Aided Abramoff", Associated Press (Washington Post), June 23, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "Grover Faces Ruin, But No Jail Time," TPMmuckraker, June 23, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "Norquist Doings Not Criminal? Not So Fast," TPMmuckraker, June 24, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "Grover Explains It All," TPMmuckraker, June 26, 2006.
 * Justin Rood, "Norquist: McCain's a Liar, Delusional," TPMmuckraker, June 26, 2006.
 * Jonathan Weisman, "Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings," Washington Post, July 9, 2006.
 * James V. Grimaldi and Susan Schmidt, "Senate Report: Five Nonprofit Groups Sold Clout to Abramoff," Washington Post, October 12, 2006.

2007

 * "Islamist 'enabler' threatens 'grave harm to Bush presidency,' Gaffney warns," Center for Security Policy, January 16, 2007. February 7, 2003 letter from Frank Gaffney to Norquist.
 * Amanda Terkel, "Norquist’s Advice For Bush On Iraq: Make Groups Like MoveOn Look ‘More Extreme’," Think Progress, July 25, 2007. re MoveOn.org

2009

 * Douglas Quenqua, "DC influencer: Q&A with Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform", PR Week, June 1, 2009.
 * Mike Allen, "Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M", Politico, July 17, 2009.
 * Dennis Whitfield, ACU Executive Vice President, "Statement from ACU regarding false headline by Washington publication POLITICO ", Media Release, July 17, 2009.