Conservatives Thoroughly Underwhelmed by GOP's "Pledge To America"

The details of the 2010 version of the "Contract With America" are now out (it's called "Pledge to America") and some prominent conservatives are not impressed. Here's what Erick Erickson at Red State has to say:

Perhaps the Most Ridiculous Thing to Come Out of Washington Since George McClellan

The House Republicans’ “Pledge to America” is out. A thrill will run up the leg of a few Chris Matthews’ types on the right. As Dan noted on Twitter, the Contract with America was 869 words and this is 21 pages. The Contract told you everything you needed to know about how a Republican Congress would be different from a Democrat Congress after 40 years of Democrat control.

These 21 pages tell you lots of things, some contradictory things, but mostly this: it is a serious of compromises and milquetoast rhetorical flourishes in search of unanimity among House Republicans because the House GOP does not have the fortitude to lead boldly in opposition to Barack Obama.

I have one message for John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and the House GOP Leadership: If they do not want to use the GOP to lead, I would like to borrow it for a time.

Yes, yes, it is full of mom tested, kid approved pablum that will make certain hearts on the right sing in solidarity. But like a diet full of sugar, it will actually do nothing but keep making Washington fatter before we crash from the sugar high.

It is dreck.

Read the rest at the link. This unfortunately sounds like it's going to be another bunch of Washington Beltway gobbledygook. Instead of propelling the GOP toward a bigger victory, I'm afraid it will turn off those independents who were heading our direction.