House GOP Fights Bush-Obama-Frank-Dodd Bailout

The NY Sun asks the question: Will the GOP Congress try a new contract with America this election?

Answer: No.

"There will be no effort to try to nationalize the elections," the House Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner, told reporters ...

Mr. Boehner's comments offered a stark reminder of his party's challenges in November, led by a lame duck president with low approval ratings and facing an electorate that voted Republicans out of power two years ago.

While the strategy will free up candidates to tout their independence and distance themselves from a party label that has been damaged in recent years, it may disappoint some activists looking for a more cohesive national strategy and a platform centered around new ideas.

Mr. Boehner cited energy as the issue where Republicans are most confident about making gains against Democrats. He pointed to polling that shows Americans increasingly open to offshore oil drilling, a point that both Mr. McCain and congressional Republicans have been pressing of late.

I really wanted another contract with America, but Mr. Boehner knows more about politics than I do. Plus, I think things are looking up for the Republican "brand".

House Republicans led my Mr. Boehner got Congress to drop the drilling ban and they stood up against the Washington-Wall Street giveaway of taxpayer money. I think they should proudly run on those two important issues.

Let the Democrats run on their support the Bush-Obama bailout.