At a news conference last month, about a dozen State House candidates gathered to unveil a four-point pledge to change the way state government operates by lowering spending, changing the way judges are selected and passing ethics reform.
The pledge, they said, was modeled on the Contract With America that the GOP used to take control of Congress in the mid-1990s.
“I started kicking these ideas around and thought it might make sense to put them down in writing,” said Tom Davis, the former chief of staff to Gov. Mark Sanford, who is running for state Senate in Beaufort County.
The signers’ June 10 primary opponents say they were never offered a chance to review or sign the pledge, and skeptics say the contract is more evidence of a stealthy, coordinated effort to elect like-minded candidates by groups loyal to Sanford and funded by out-of-state money.
The pledge, they said, was modeled on the Contract With America that the GOP used to take control of Congress in the mid-1990s.
“I started kicking these ideas around and thought it might make sense to put them down in writing,” said Tom Davis, the former chief of staff to Gov. Mark Sanford, who is running for state Senate in Beaufort County.
The signers’ June 10 primary opponents say they were never offered a chance to review or sign the pledge, and skeptics say the contract is more evidence of a stealthy, coordinated effort to elect like-minded candidates by groups loyal to Sanford and funded by out-of-state money.
Oppsies... caught playing in the dirt Mr Sanford?
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