To the tune of Toby Keith’s song “Made in America,” Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the House GOP’s Commitment to America on September 23 in blue-collar Washington, Pennsylvania. It’s a concise, one-page document, with good big-picture goals aimed at giving Americans “an economy that’s strong,” “a nation that’s safe,” “a future that’s built on freedom,” and “a government that’s accountable.”
This big-picture stuff is surely right. Four good goals to pursue. House Republicans have repeated some of the themes of past Republican successes such as Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Contract with America or Donald Trump’s 2016 Contract with the American Voter. What I and, I believe, many Republican voters really liked about the earlier documents was their concreteness. We are happy with the scope of the commitment, but nothing compares to the terms of a contract.
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