GOP resistance to anti-tax pledge grows  Lawmakers signaling
willingness to cut deal with Obama  Author: By Tom Cohen CNN
Published On: Nov 26 2012 11:52:06 AM EST   Updated On: Nov 27
2012 08:43:01 AM EST  Is it a slow leak that will grow into a
cascade, or a minor drip easily plugged?  More and more,
conservative Republicans in Congress are breaking from a pledge
they signed years earlier against any kind of tax increase or
additional tax revenue.  Facing the so-called fiscal cliff of
automatic tax hikes and deep across-the-board spending cuts at
the end of the year, the GOP legislators are signaling their
willingness to cut a deal with President Barack Obama and
Democrats that would include more money for the government.  The
overall numbers remain relatively small -- a handful of senators
and House members -- but they include influential veterans such
as Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Lindsey Graham of South
Carolina, along with Rep. Peter King of New York.  King has
"tried to weasel out" of the ple