[escapefromboston]

Ah newt, whatever happened to ya buddy?

Newt was the guy who made me care about politics. (I was in High School at the time Contract with America was happening)

[annyokie]

I cut out and magneted to my refrigerator a photo from the LA Times back in the day of Newt with the caption "I honestly believe Michael Dukakis is nuts."

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

If Newt can keep on the fairly straight and narrow from hereon out, he'll be fine no matter where he is. He won his place in heaven with the election of '94'in my book.

[fire_eye]

What I want to know is what happened to the Contract with America?

More specifically, I'd like to know why, after so effectively mobilizing around a specific program in 1994, and equally effectively delivering the message (remember the ad in TV Guide?), the Republicans have failed to learn from their own success!

I kept waiting for them to produce a similarly orchestrated campaign in 1996... and 1998... and 2000... and 2002...

and...