https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/05/27/time-for-the-quadrennial-should-the-gop-issue-a-new-contract-with-america-debate/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:06:24 -0400<![CDATA[You know there&#8217;s a midterm election on the way when Beltway Republicans start navel-gazing about whether they should cobble together a new platform that virtually no one expects them to take seriously if they win, let alone to actually fulfill. We went through this in 2010 too, with the same pros and cons on each side. If the GOP publishes a new agenda, it&#8217;ll prove to voters that they&#8217;re &#8220;serious&#8221; about governance but it&#8217;ll also hand Democrats a target to attack in lieu of defending Obama&#8217;s failures. If they don&#8217;t publish an agenda, Democrats will have nothing to demagogue but the GOP will also have nothing with which to entice fencesitters into turning out for them in the fall. It&#8217;ll affirm that they&#8217;re the &#8220;party of no,&#8221; bereft of ideas &#8212; which is not to say that they still won&#8217;t win big.]]>Tue, 27 May 2014 16:41:28 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/05/27/time-for-the-quadrennial-should-the-gop-issue-a-new-contract-with-america-debate-n190027