Posted on 11/13/2009 6:52:43 PM PST by pissant
Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and purveyor of the GOP "Contract With America'' that helped his party win control of the House after President Bill Clinton's election, says GOP chairman Michael Steele has started work on a new framework for 2010 that he is calling "First principles.''
"I've been talking with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, '' Gingrich said today, speaking with students at C-SPAN's Cable Center Class.
"He is developing a first principles model that I think is a very exciting , positive step in the right direction,'' said Gingrich, who has said that he will decide by February about waging his own campaign for president. "B September , it might be very, very good for the Republicans in the House and Senate to have a common ground on which to campaign, whether they call it a Contract for America or some other device.
"Having a positive set of things that say, 'if you elect us, these are the positive steps we will take,'' Gingrich said, on a program that C-SPAN3 is airing at 5 pm EST. This "may well be the key building block to really become the alternative party, not the opposition party.''...
"If the Democrats stay stuck over on a very left wing program and if they continue to have a job-killing record in Congress, I think by September and October you could suddenly have a very exciting election.''
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
I wish he would sign a contract to go away.
Gingrich and Steele need to step the f@#k away from the GOP.
Maybe Newt should move to NY-23 and run for the Democrat nomination for Congress in 2010.
Sorry Newt — you revealed yourself in NY 23.
We want — no, demand! — people of principle. Not of party.
Go to h*ll Newt. Thanks to you - we lost NY-23. You are a POS.
It wasn’t “his”. It was Larry Hunter’s, Newt’s, Vin Webber’s Duncan Hunter’s, Dick Armey’s etc etc.
The Gingrich/Steele Contract With America II
1. Socialized medicine for all but certain illegal aliens.
2. Tax increase for 95% of America’s producer instead of Obama’s 100%
3. Get a bigger couch for Nancy Pelosi’s fight against global warming.
4. Ignore only half the Constitution.
5. Recruit more Republicans like that woman that ran in NY-23.
6. Make sure the Republican nominee for President in 2012 is not a conservative.
Whoever is the father of the “Contract with America” it still remains a great idea whose time has come, again.
Newt couldn’t sell America on 3 of the Ten Commandments right now.
Go away, Newt. WE HAVE THE CONSTITUTION. THAT is the ‘contract’. Remember THAT? How ‘bout trying it, sometime. You know.....like GETTING back to it and holding others TO IT??????????
It's Sarah Palin's party now.
We better come up with one before he does, we need to c**p on his parade.
I got.
“The People’s Employment Contract with Congress”
Violation of which will end with monetary civil fines to support the creation of a third political party.
Gingrich’s contract with America was a farce. We’ve had a contract with America since 1789. It’s called the Constitution. Follow the latter and forget the pretense with the former.
He is done.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Go away Newt.
If the rank-n-file believes this then they are dumber than a box of rocks and deserve the GOP.
A list of principles is of no value if those charged with getting the job done do what they want.
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