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...maybe 40 at most-were thought to be in play, so gaining six seats was a formidable task. Once-a-decade redistricting had helped the G.O.P. a bit. And Republicans believed that George Bush's sky-high approval rating gave them a powerful talisman against the off-year election jinx that often hits the President's party...
...Macbeth jinx is to manifest itself upon this production, it will likely originate from mother nature...
...Hollywood for a series that I was convinced would be surefire. A bright, beautiful, and plucky member of the White House Press corps is offered the job of White House Press Secretary by a newly elected president. She takes the job and suddenly finds herself defending the political hi-jinx she has spent most of her professional career trying to expose. Kind of a Mary Tyler Moore meets Sam Donaldson thing. The networks hated it. I was told in no uncertain terms that shows about Washington don't sell...
Republicans are hoping Bush's popularity can ward off the midterm-election jinx that a President's party usually faces. But they also know G.O.P. candidates tend to suffer whenever the debate turns to issues affecting people at or approaching retirement age. That group votes more dependably than any other, especially in off-year elections, and now includes the leading edge of the baby boom, 76 million strong. Democrats are well practiced at exploiting the group's fears. In 1982 the party stoked anxiety about Social Security reform and picked up 26 seats in the House; in 1986 the same...
...sophomore jinx laid to rest (Jackson had feared sales of Thriller would fail to eclipse that of his debut effort, Off The Wall), Jackson went immediately to work on a follow-up. After five years of pain-staking work, the world was once again mesmerized by the master. With the largest advance orders for any album ever, Bad solidified Jackson’s success and ignited Michael-mania once again. The album spawned single after single, becoming the second-largest musical success story after Thriller and earning the young musician the coveted title of the King of Pop. Songs like...