[WhiteGuy]

So, you blame the media.

Interesting.


Isn't it possible that most of the leaders we all worked so hard to elect were simply the same type of hypocritical, greedy, lying, politicians that were in power prior to 1995? (except with am "R" following their name?)

[r9etb]

Part of the problem with Newt's Contract was that Newt was the one who tried to apply it. Tactically (i.e., as an election tool) it was brilliant, but strategically it was hopeless because it played right into the strengths of the left and the MSM.

Not to mention that Gingrich was hopelessly outclassed as a politician by Bill Clinton, who rolled him every damned time. And it certainly didn't help matters that there is very little, morally, to distinguish between them. Newt crapped the bed, plain and simple.

The real problem is that conservatives are prone to thinking they're playing by the same rules as those on the left, when in fact the left is often playing an entirely different game.

Further, conservatives are impatient: they look for The Big Fix, and they refuse to accept incremental gains. The problem is simply that conservatives are ignorant of the real game being played, and too impatient to learn it.

[calrighty]

YES

"Why haven't the Republicans used another Contract with America to extend their margins in Congress or to simply advance our conservative agenda?"

Because there IS no conservative agenda......only a socialist one.