Sorry, but every one of the points of the contract with America, as promised, came to the floor of the House for a vote. Every one of them went forward as a bill.
The Senate blocked many of them.
The president (clinton) vetoed some of them.
That was not the end, however, for the principals of those bills continued and they resulted in a balanced budget, reduced taxes, a reform of welfare, and a paid down national debt.
BTW, I, too, like Senator Santorum. I believe, though, like Sarah Palin that Gingrich MUST win in S Carolina to stop the establishment from steamrolling the process with Mitt Romney. You, TOO, for that reason should drop your Santorum support for this primary BECAUSE the Romney machine must be stopped so the process can then go forward.
Sarah Palin says it’s a simple math problem. Newt has 30ish, Romney 28ish, and Santorum 14ish. As a math problem only, which has the better mathematical chance of defeating Romney in S Carolina?
After S Carolina, Santorum supporters can double down on Santorum in Florida.
The problem is pretty simple intellectually, not only as a math problem.
Romney is the choice of the GOP establishment elite. No argument there. But Romney can’t garner more than 25%, or so, of the GOP electorate to vote for him. The problem is, the rest of the 75% has been split among a host of other candidates, each one pulling a semblance of support for various reasons. This is a big problem because it means the establishment candidate will get the nomination unless we, the people, coalesce around another candidate in opposition to Romney.
Now with the field culled to 4, Gingrich on the rise, the choice is pretty clear. Sure, he has issues. But so does everyone else. We’re NOT, NOT, going to get a candidate who fits every bill. And Santorum, even though he did well in Iowa, is not going to do well in SC. This whole idea of holding out for the most suitable social conservative is going to kill us. Because the one left standing just isn’t going anywhere.
Gingrich, even with his foibles, has shown he has the knowledge, intelligence, and moxy to stand up to 1) Romney, 2) the MSM, 3) Obama. And that’s what we need this election. It’s a must; we may not get another chance to save this nation.
Let’s put our ideals aside and unite to save this nation. Otherwise, our ideals will be nothing but useless chatter. Sarah Palin has seen this, so should we all.