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...excellent. However, I have difficulty with a simplistic assertion early in the article: "Clinton has an affair with an intern, and Gingrich loses his job over it." Gingrich's position as a politician should not be judged against Clinton's private activities. Gingrich and the Republicans approached the midterm elections with the complete deck of cards up their sleeve. The public betrayal by Democrats of Clinton to protect their own political careers provided the Republicans with invaluable free negative advertising. Throughout the campaign the revelations regarding Clinton's private life grew more embarrassing by the day. For the Republicans...
...brightest midterm election result for Republicans was Texas Governor George Bush's big win [ELECTION REPORT, Nov. 16]. His social moderation and outreach to minorities, if only embraced by a stunned G.O.P. now wedded to the religious right, could lead to the big prize in Y2K. His election would then establish Clinton's place in history: a tainted twig between two Bushes. FRANCIS S. ANDREWS Lincoln, Mass...
Finding myself in London on Nov. 4, I agreed to clear up any questions my English friend Nigel happened to have about how to interpret the American midterm elections. It's obviously beneficial to spread understanding of the American political system abroad, and I've never minded analyzing elections after the results are in. As the political commentators discovered once again this year, it's analysis done before the election that's very likely to make you look foolish...
...reminded him that in American politics the party of a President almost always loses rather than gains seats in a midterm election. "It's axiomatic," I said...
...Nigel asked. "Why, exactly, does the President's party normally lose seats in a midterm election...