Because it was over a decade ago, and I have little idea what those euphemistic "acts" really covered, I can't say what really survived from the contract. Basically it was a broad-based conservative agenda; the first time I can remember when a party laid out a platform they actually intended to enact. As I remember it, GIngrich and his allies wanted to kill PBS and the Dept. of Education. There was talk of radical tax reform, not just a few cuts. It was a heady time for conservatives of all types. Then Gingrich caved in to Clinton on the govt. shutdown (IIRC) and things went downhill. Then came Bush & "compassionate conservatism."
Lots of us are very disturbed at turning the Party over to people who are no more conservative than Lieberman, on the unsubstantiated theory that they are the only ones who will win the WOT. That kind of compromise is what got us into this mess. If frustrated conservatives attack Rudy for playing all the PC pandering games like a typical liberal Democrat, that's understandable. Can anyone imagine Reagan, or even Ford, Dole, Nixon, Eisenhower, etc. cavorting in drag or marching in gay parades? Is that Presidential? Is that what will inspire the troops risking their lives every day in the WOT?
I'm not even a Rudy supporter (I am a Ron Paul supporter) but I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone is so worked up about that. It was a joke. What's the big deal?