Let’s face it. The Democratic Party is in disarray. It will not win the 2026 congressional midterm elections if it limits its message to condemning Donald Trump. And it will not win the 2026 elections if the party is seen as a cesspool of bickering and disagreement.
Americans are fed up with the inability of Congress to act, and they have embraced a president who circumvents Congress for all of his major initiatives. If Democrats want to succeed in 2026, they need to take bold, unified action. They need a new version of the original “Contract With America.”
For those who are too young (or weren’t around yet) to witness the success of the original Contract With America, let me explain. It was a document — a promise, really — written by two Republican congressmen, Newt Gingrich and Dick Ar