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(4,835 posts)I don't have a problem with getting the word out about what the platform actually is with a gimmick.
The 'contract with America' was a house thing. In my recollection it reminded Americans that the house is the lower body and responds to emotional issues, while the senate is the deliberative body and doesn't typically do diddily squat unless the issue has been around through a house election.
My view of the 'contract' is a bit tainted, but I thought they voted a lot of the issues down and defended it with the statement "hey, we didn't say we'd pass anything, we just said we'd bring it to a vote in the first 100 days - the vote just happened to be no".
The contract itself was just a poll of the top 10 things americans believed congress should act on immediately, or something like that.