Gingrich: Contract with America, round two

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Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and purveyor of the GOP ‘Contract With America’’ that helped his party win control of the House after President Clinton’s election, says GOP Chairman Michael Steele has started work on a new framework for 2010 that he is calling ‘first principles.’’

‘I’ve been talking with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, ‘’ Gingrich said today, speaking with students at C-SPAN’s Cable Center Class.

‘He is developing a first principles model that I think is a very exciting, positive step in the right direction,’’ said Gingrich, who has said that he will decide by February about waging his own campaign for president. ‘By September, it might be very, very good for the Republicans in the House and Senate to have a common ground on which to campaign, whether they call it a Contract for America or some other device.

‘Having a positive set of things that say, ‘If you elect us, these are the positive steps we will take,’ ‘’ Gingrich said, on a program that C-SPAN3 is airing at 2 p.m. PST. This ‘may well be the key building block to really become the alternative party, not the opposition party.’’

See more of Gingrich on the GOP’s new contract in the Swamp.

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