The Pledge Shows a GOP Willing to Confront Obama

By Peter Wilson

As Rick Moran wrote this morning, the GOP Pledge to America does not contain any radical policy proposals, which might create controversy close to an election.

The Pledge is very encouraging in one aspect however: its authors are not afraid to come out fighting. The Preamble in particular has some eloquent anger than seems to have been missing from the GOP strategy book in the last election.

Consider this selection:

An unchecked executive, a compliant legislature, and an overreaching judiciary have combined to thwart the will of the people and overturn their votes and their values, striking down longstanding laws and institutions and scorning the deepest beliefs of the American people.

An arrogant and out-of-touch government of self-appointed elites makes decisions, issues mandates, and enacts laws without accepting or requesting the input of the many.

Rising joblessness, crushing debt, and a polarizing political environment are fraying the bonds among our people and blurring our sense of national purpose.

Like free peoples of the past, our citizens refuse to accommodate a government that believes it can replace the will of the people with its own. The American people are speaking out, demanding that we realign our country's compass with its founding principles and apply those principles to solve our common problems for the common good.

The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated.

With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America.

This is no longer the party whose Presidential candidate refused to mention the racist sermons of Rev. Wright for fear of appearing too confrontational.