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Just two years later, the GOP took both the Senate and the House, on the strength of the famous "Contract With America."

When is this MYTH going to quit being propagated

The CONTRACT was an excellent idea and a good thing but exit polls showed very few GOP voters even were aware of it or knew what it containted

It was the GUN OWNERS and CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES who angered bt Clinton's first two years either switched to the GOP or turned out in droves

Clinton and dem congressman even admited his gun control policy cost the dems the house

You would have to be one of the STUPIDEST people NOT to have known about the Contract With America!!! Newt was smart enough to even put the whole thing in the TV GUIDE!!!
Man, I just PRAY that Pubbies were just yanking those pollsters chains.......

I disagree wholeheartedly. Yes, conservatives Christians, etc., joined the coalition, but conservatives WERE energized by the Contract with America. And voters HAD heard of it and knew what it was and what it meant.

Remember that not all the voters who put the GOP into power were necessarily conservatives; some were simply sick of the Democrats and the way they had run the House bank, etc.

As far as the gun owners are concerned, btw, they had more effect in 2000 than at any other time previously. Even Bill Clinton grudgingly admitted it was so.

Just two years later, the GOP took both the Senate and the House, on the strength of the famous "Contract With America." When is this MYTH going to quit being propagated

I have never believed that the Contract with America was the reason for the switch. I have always maintained that it was the House bank scandal, the House Post Office Scandal, Rostenkowski going to jail, etc.

Everyone looked at the Congress and said, "What a mess!". They then turned their collective heads and saw a couple of Republicans holding up a big sign that said, "Our Contract with America". The items on the list made sense and thought these Republicans looked a hell of a lot more trustworthy that the Rats at that point in time.

I believe the same thing happened again this year. First it was McDermott and Bonior off to Iraq to blame American, then it the Jersey two step with the Laut, and finally the disgraceful Wellstone debacle.

When the country looked to see how to correct this mess, there stood a decent and honorable man (W) telling everyone he needed help in Congress to keep us from getting our a$$e$ blown up again.

And the voters said, "Makes sense to me".

It was the GUN OWNERS and CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES who angered bt Clinton's first two years either switched to the GOP or turned out in droves

Very true.

Something the Republicans did not realize and why they lost seats in the following years.