McCain Writing His Own 'Contract With America' (you can't make this shit up)

McCain Prepping 'Contract With America' Style Economic Plan

Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America.

In an email obtained by the Huffington Post, the Arizona Republican's chief of staff, Marc Buse, asked an outside adviser for help with a "ten principles" program that the senator could use as a "definitive" platform.

"We are looking for some guidance on a definitive plan (aka contract with america style) on the economy...principles," writes Buse. "Ten principles that JSM could point to on what MUST BE DONE to address the problems our nation faces."

Buse doesn't offer specific suggestions of his own, save "NO TAX INCREASES."

The email is interesting for a variety of reasons. Most obviously, it advances the notion that McCain is eager to remain a key national political figure and Republican Party leader. The Senator has, at times, been an ally of the current White House. But on economic matters (the stimulus and omnibus first and foremost), he has vocally opposed the Obama agenda.

The fact that he is going outside the Senate office for advice on a "definitive plan" modeled off of Gingrich's work suggests McCain is laying the groundwork for more comprehensive opposition. Gingrich and his Republican colleagues famously introduced their blueprint for a GOP renaissance six weeks before the 1994 midterm elections.

Whether McCain is hoping to spearhead a reenactment of the '94 effort in 2010 or simply put together new policies for the changed economic landscape was not detailed in Buse's note. An email to the chief of staff and a spokesperson asking for clarification went un-returned.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/mccain-prepping-contract_n_173574.html

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Nice try, asshat.

Not a new idea among any of the GOP.

We know he will breach the terms sooner or later (like Newt). Further, if we really want to analyze the "contract" what is the "bargained for exchange?" What's the consideration?

What a miserable old irrelevant piece of shit. Couldnt he have just ridden off into the sunset and let his daughter get her groove back?

'contract'

Oh right... the media.

I'm sure we'll hear all about how this is a return to his mavericky ways.

The media works though.

... maybe it's BS, but I did enjoy that it was higher than Sarah Palin. :D

speaking of how he is after losing is still leading - unlike Gore and Kerry.

The fact is that Gore moved the population of not just the US on the issue of global warning. Kerry authored various scenarios to resolve the war in Iraq - his 2005 plan was pretty much taken by the Iraq Study group and his Kerry/Feingold plan's blueprint was used for every Democratic plan since - including both Obama's and Clinton's - they mostly just pushed out the time line and kept more troops afterward. Substantial leadership on two really big issues.

McCain has yet to propose any significant plan on anything - no earmarks is not a plan. (By this time, Kerry had gone on a major trip to Europe and the Middle East - and came back with news that France, Germany, Egypt, and Jordan were willing to train in their countries the Iraqi soldiers. Rice at her confirmation told him it was not necessary that they were moving ahead satisfactorily on that - - which is why Obama is now speaking of troops to train the Iraqis. Rice also was pushed to say that Pakistan's control of A Q Khan was adequate. In 2005 and 2006, there was no one on talk shows articulating a Democratic alternative better than Kerry - and without him, there likely would not have been a Democratic Iraq plan to point to in 2006 and unify behind in concept in 2007/2008.

(the NYT called this convalescing quietly - I bet Bush had a different definition of "quiet".

Then they go and ask for 10 principles too? They HAVE to ASK? THEY DON'T KNOW?

OMG...

How do they work that one in??

McCain: "We are looking for 10 Principles to Borrow and Use"

The nx GOP election effort will see the demise of the Pub Party as we know them....they will have to change drastically in order to be viable once more...

Al Franken will be seated sometime soon...Coleman is making an ass of himself...

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talk about dead men walking :)

McLame should be planting flowers and/or fruit trees...

His Brain was rained on by Obama

Cain is not the same man of 10 years ago....he is Whithered and Weathered

Its Pasture Time for him

that we just turned down for a four year employment contract?

America already signed its contract with PRESIDENT Obama.

What an asshat.

Maybe Krugman will actually address this with something more than a blog entry.

once again shows he can't think of anything on his own.
So what he is really going to come up with is " some advisor's" plan.

Gee... Rush?

I'd rather see the Republicans coming up with their own proposals, SOMETHING other than "well my conservative principles don't allow me to support that, so I must obstruct"....

This Rush Limbaugh "we don't have to have our own policies" shit needs to stop. Pure obstruction and nothing else needs to stop.

Of course, every single Republican who signed that 'pledge' conveniently ignored it once they came due.

#2: Balanced budget amendment. Well, you had 6 years of Republican one-party rule from 2001 and never came close to a balanced budget. As a matter of fact, you weaseled around the existing budget rules and left 1/2 your spending off budget.

#3: Line item veto: Hey, that's one thing that actually got passed in 94. Unfortunately, 'activists' judges on the Supreme Court struck it down. Then again, it was your own party who filed to have it struck down, so it's not like you were really serious.

Next up: the scandal. Anyone want to bet that our heroic federal DA Fitzgerald is the key here?

Fifty-four Forty Or Fight?

Or maybe, Remember The Maine!

McFail.

He can't seem to heal that bruised ego after two major losses. This latest attempt at relevance (and authority) is sad.