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Contract With America

Resolutions, Political Resolutions and Damned Lies

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.02.2012 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

Democrats called the latest formal list of Republican promises the "Pledge to Destroy America." The destruction was done by the damned lies that denigrated trust in political institutions. It was deliberately done to diminish America's democratic government.

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Jason Linkins

Still A 'Man Of Ideas'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

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For as long as anyone can remember -- which, given the current state of our attention spans, is probably "Tuesday" -- Newt Gingrich has been touted as...

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GOP Candidate Unveils Plan To 'Fundamentally Change The Trajectory Of America'

Luke Johnson | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced a "21st Century Contract With America" Thursday in Iowa, as his campaign runs low on cash, is stru...

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2012 GOP Contender Broke, Fighting For Air Time

AP | By SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 11.28.2011 | Politics

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ATLANTA -- A floundering presidential bid has fractured what was once a rock star Republican image. Not long ago, Newt Gingrich sat atop a lucrative p...

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Newt Gingrich To Unveil A New 'Contract With America'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011 | Politics

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Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will unveil a "21st Century Contract With America" next week in Iowa, reports the Des Moines Register. ...

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GOP Overreach: The Mess That Greed and Ignorance Made

David A. Love | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics

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David A. Love

Republican overreach is in the air. You can see it, smell it, taste it everywhere, as you have in years past. And the only surprise is that is that it happened so quickly this time around.

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Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.

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Back to the Nineties With Newt

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

Gingrich's chance to become president, to some extent, rests upon finding a potent if offbeat idea through which he can capture the imagination of his party's base.

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Voters Turn Their Backs On Both Democrats, Republicans As Election Nears

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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In an Associated Press poll released last week, 38 percent of respondents approved of the job Democrats in Congress are doing, while 60 percent disapp...

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Peaceful, Rational America? Know ThySelf as a Nation of Violence and Fear

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Howard Steven Friedman

The "Rally to Restore Sanity" and videos of a Move-On supporter being stomped are prompting calls for rational political discussion and a restoration ...

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Midterm-Shmidterm: Democratic White House Déjà Vu

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Howard Steven Friedman

The polls are humming with Nate Silver http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/and much of the polling community predicting about a 50 vote Republica...

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Post-Midterms Foreign Policy: Will They Make a Difference?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Leon T. Hadar

Do not expect the change in the balance of power on Capitol Hill to have any dramatic effect on foreign policy.

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Bill Clinton's Secret Advice to Barack Obama

Robert Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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Robert Brenner

It's what people believe you are that matters.

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The New Newt

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Christopher Brauchli

At least one of Newt's wives would tell us that Newt is a man who "played a wonderful con" in connection with his marriages and is "authentically dishonest."

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How About a Nobel Prize for Political Alchemy?

Dennis Jett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Dennis Jett

If there were a Nobel Prize for political alchemy, there would be no doubt about who this year's winner would be. The Republican Party is about to turn a very large lump of steer manure into electoral gold.

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Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last month I rashly wrote that since Obama was starting the month on an upswing, he had a good chance of posting largish gains in September. This didn't happen.

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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After the 'Contract with America' Republicans Sell Snake Oil Again with the Pledge to America

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Brian Ross

John Boehner's hard-tack hardware store pitch should have started with "I pledge allegiance to power." Fool me once with the Contract with America, sh...

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Pledge to America

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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Amanda Terkel

Religious Right Group Underwhelmed By 'Pledge To America'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The religious right offered a hesitant embrace of the Republican Party's new "Pledge to America," with several groups saying they are happy the GOP in...

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The Republican Tea Party's Real "Pledge to America"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

The Republicans' Pledge to America is chock full of code-language for simply returning America back to the days of the failed Bush administration and its misguided economic and foreign policies.

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U.S. Won't Be Saved By Shutting It Down, Tearing It Apart

Todd Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Todd Wilkinson

On the ninth anniversary of 9/11, I received an email. It came from an uncle of a young man I've mentioned a few times in writing over the years. Cl...

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GOP 'Pledge' Makes Closing Argument To Voters Ahead Of Midterm Election

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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STERLING, Va. — Pushing toward big gains on Nov. 2, House Republicans promised to end a slew of Democratic policies and restore Americans' trust...

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'Contract With America': House GOP To Unveil Election-Year Agenda This Week

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans plan to unveil a roughly 20-point agenda Thursday, less than six weeks before midterm congressional elections in ...

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'Contract With America': House GOP To Unveil Election-Year Agenda This Week

Politics Daily | Christopher Weber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Republicans are going back to their '90s playbook as Election Day approaches, planning to unveil a new "Contract With America."...

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