74 or 35 or More of the Same. The Pledge to Nowhere Comes Back to Bite the GOP on the Bottom.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 06:37 PM  | 

“We will put government on a path to a balanced budget and pay down the debt with a plan to … Cut government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels saving at least $100 billion in the first year alone.” — A Pledge to America I was roundly attacked for calling the Republicans’ “Pledge to Nowhere” a lot of pablum. Guess what? I was right. The Republicans | Read More »

I Have A Better Pledge Suggestion

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 23rd at 07:22 AM  | 

If I may, I have a better pledge suggestion for the House Republicans. And to keep them happy, they can even make this pledge without mentioning earmarks. Here goes: We, the House Republicans, pledge to do only these things and limit ourselves to doing them in such a way that if normal, non-lawyer Americans cannot comprehend our actions as deriving from one of these then | Read More »