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Friday, January 29, 2010

Newt Gingrich: A New 'Contract With America'


“It is clear that the country is increasingly angry with the Obama-Pelosi-Reid team,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich writes in the February issue of Newsmax. “But it is equally clear that Americans still distrust Republicans almost as much as they fear liberal Democrats . . . there has to be a lucid set of reforms both on the legislative process and on spending for the Republicans to be seen as truly reformed from the party that was defeated in 2006 and 2008.

“So the question is whether a new Contract with America would provide the extra focus and extra energy needed to change the results of the 2010 elections from the expected Republican gains to a Republican majority that will deliver.

“I believe there would be a lot of advantages in October to having a contract-centered campaign if the House Republicans can work their way to a serious, collective, positive commitment."

A contract is NOT a platform:

• A platform says we are for something and we may or may not get it done.

• A contract is an explicit commitment to act. (The original Contract with America was eight reforms of Congress we promised to pass our first day and 10 pieces of legislation we promised to vote on in the first 100 days.)

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

More smoke and mirrors from the looney Right.