The GOP’s “Young Guns” are long on platitudes and personality but short on policy details in a new book scheduled for publication just weeks before a mid-term election that could propel them into power.
Reps. Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy, who fancy themselves the vanguard of a modern Republican Party dedicated to renewing the ideals of the Grand Old Party, deliver a reader-friendly paean to limited government and an attack on liberalism.
It’s an easy read, and that’s no doubt how it’s intended. But for anyone seeking a fresh idea for the next Republican Party platform, skip it.
In stark contrast to Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” the one-page manifesto that accompanied the 1994 Republican takeover of the House, “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders” is a 224-page marketing tool for the men who hope to run the House. It critiques the problems of the White House and Congressional Democratic governance, while offering limited prescriptions for change.
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