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Contract with America
October 21, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Did Liz Truss Kill Reaganomics?
Here in the United States, Republicans still fully intend to cut taxes. But they’ve largely stopped campaigning on it.
September 9, 2022
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Alex Shephard
Kevin McCarthy’s Desperate Bid to Prove the Republican Party Has Ideas
His Gingrich-lite “Commitment to America” is short on actual policies and long on Trumpian insanity.
February 26, 2022
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Jason Linkins
Rick Scott’s Manifesto Is Just a Bankrupt Repetition of Republican Dogma
The Florida senator’s plan to “rescue America” is being portrayed as a P.R. problem for the party, when in fact it merely reflects the GOP’s long-standing, well-known radicalism.
May 27, 2021
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Matt Ford
Trump Wants a New Contract With America, Which Just Revoked His Last Contract
Newt Gingrich’s team-up with the former president seeks to ignite the spirit of ’94, but only shows how far the GOP has retreated from governance.
May 27, 2014
Danny Vinik
Senate Republicans Want the GOP to Make All Sorts of Promises It Can't Keep
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