[kabar]

The video is from 1994. I am sure that Mitt was not alone in questioning Newt's strategy, which worked and gave the Reps a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. However, that contract has been broken by Reps who became corrupted by power and the siren song of massive spending. We no longer control Congress.

Of course, Romney was running for the Senate against Teddy Kennedy in the most Democrat state in the country. His call for both parties to work together without having winners and losers makes sense to me if I were running a campaign in MA as a Rep. I wonder how Romney feels today with 20-20 hindsight on the Contract with America.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>The video is from 1994.

The Contract With America is from 1994. It was a legislative document constructed from Reagan's leftover wish list and gave the new GOP majority a set of objectives to follow once they took control. Everything but terms limits was passed out of the House and roughly 65%-70% of the CWA was eventually signed into law by Clinton. The CWA was a snapshot in time and in this case can only be viewed in the context of its time. 20/20 hindsight is a copout.

Myth Romney opposed the CWA, just as he opposed the Reagan agenda of the 1980`s. Romney isn't a man of conviction or principle. Political expediency drives his politics, which is centrist-liberal at best.

[WOSG]

“Of course, Romney was running for the Senate against Teddy Kennedy in the most Democrat state in the country. His call for both parties to work together without having winners and losers makes sense to me if I were running a campaign in MA as a Rep. I wonder how Romney feels today with 20-20 hindsight on the Contract with America.”

Even in 1994 he was running on positions that were 80% aligned with it. See my previous post.

The Mitt-bashers are attacked Romney for running the best campaign he could in that environment.