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Reid: Norquist is GOP 'leader'

By Alexander Bolton - 11/01/11 05:20 PM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist is the de facto head of the Republican party.

“My Republican friends, those poor folks, are being led like puppets by Grover Norquist,” Reid told reporters. “They’re giving speeches that we should compromise on our deficit. Never do they compromise on Grover Norquist. He is their leader.”

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