Gop Pledge Drive Providing Some Entertaining Moments

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A revolt gathers among Republicans against the place of pledges in politics.

First, Sen. Tom Coburn declared his independence from a portion of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Then Mitt Romney and Herman Cain rejected elements of the Susan B. Anthony List's Pro-Life Presidential Leadership Pledge, which Romney found to be "overly broad." Now Romney, Cain, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty have refused to sign The Family Leader's 14-point promise in Iowa - a comprehensive list of social conservative policy commitments including a personal promise of marital faithfulness.

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Gop Pledge Drive Providing Some Entertaining Moments

These disagreements have produced some of the more entertaining moments of the political season. Coburn, one of the original tea party conservatives, leads the charge ag...

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