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Gingrich outlines his
Not alot of details yet. But Im interesting to see what he has planned. Im hoping it might be a good plan regardless what candidate wins the nomination.
I believe they are saying the plan is going to be revealed in more detail Thursday.
Moreover, he added, unlike 1994, people are so fed up with the way the stimulus is written in secret, so fed up with Obamacare being written in secret, Nancy Pelosis line about how you have to pass it to see whats in it, [that] I dont think they want something jammed down their throat.
Furthermore, Gingrich said some of the ideas in the new contract are so new and so different we have not yet developed the ideas on how to do it.
I would say in particular the section on brain science, which will be extraordinary as it is flushed out over the next few months, he continued.
This isnt the first time Gingrich has unveiled a 21st century Contract with America. Its the subtitle of his book Winning The Future, and the subject of a 2010 Newsmax article. So was this just a clever repackaging of an old idea?
The Newsmax article, Gingrich explained, was actually written as advice to House Republicans on how to develop a contract. Its actually, if you understand what Im doing, a pretty good basic primer on how to do this, he said.
The new contract, said Gingrich, will be based on four pillars: New legislation similar to what was proposed in 1994, 50 to 200 executive orders to be signed within hours of the inauguration, a new system of training presidential appointees and modernization of government. Gingrich aspires to reach out to activist leaders to help implement and design the program.
The new legislation and executive orders would focus primarily on creating jobs, balancing the budget and judicial reform to stop the continued elitist assault on American culture, Gingrich said.
Explaining the evolution of his ideas, Gingrich remarked, Ive gone from being critical of the judges to advocating a Jeffersonian response, which in some cases would actually abolish the judgeships.
Not alot of details yet. But Im interesting to see what he has planned. Im hoping it might be a good plan regardless what candidate wins the nomination.
I believe they are saying the plan is going to be revealed in more detail Thursday.