Reactions Pledge to America

the pledge has received support republicans. national review called bolder contract america , shrewd political document. political strategist , former president george w. bush adviser karl rove called important , practical. conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh defended pledge america, arguing, there s nothing crazy of this.

some conservative commentators, however, critical. erick erickson, managing editor of redstate.com called perhaps ridiculous thing come out of washington since george mcclellan. republican-affiliated columnist david frum interpreted document gop pledge nothing. social conservatives, such family research council president tony perkins , southern baptist ethics & religious liberty commission president richard land, believed document have made stronger commitment moral issues.

democrats , daily show s jon stewart have criticized proposals recycled ideas bush administration. economist paul krugman criticized document denouncing deficits calling tax cuts (which notes add $3.7 trillion on first ten years after enactment) without specific spending cuts: in essence, [the republicans] is, deficits terrible thing. let s make them bigger. other commentators agreed numbers don t remotely add , pledge should read plan explode debt through ceiling. keith boykin cited lack of ethnic diversity in photographs accompanying pledge america, calling pledge white america.

in washington post editorial, pollster frank luntz, polled republican proposals in 1994 before republicans drafted contract america, found pledge america more partisan-oriented, more anti-government, , lacked detailed course of action, concluded justifiable effort.