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...know if good 'ol Tom has taken his first midterm yet. He may not even know his way around the Princeton campus...
...nationally televised press conference, Clinton conceded that the midterm elections would be "extremely contentious" and called on Republicans to stop obstructing Democratic initiatives "every step of the way" after the election. Owed more credit, according to the Prez: his handling of the economic recovery, deficit reduction and student loans, to name a few. "Almost always at midterm the incumbent President's party loses seats. That's partly because there's a lag between when you do something and when people feel it," he said...
...mission's timing--just four weeks before midterm elections in which Democrats are vulnerable--has called the administration's intentions into question, said Kim M. Nichols...
...Contract with America" signed by Republicans last week gives them a clutch of red-meat issues with which to energize voters angry at the Democrats and encourages those voters to turn out -- a particular concern in midterm elections, when only about 35% to 40% of those eligible cast ballots. Already, Democratic candidates have been spooked by high Republican turnout in the primaries -- and low turnout among Democrats. "The Republican base vote is more motivated than ours this year," said Donald Sweitzer, political director of the Democratic National Committee. "We don't have a lot of sexy, hot- button issues...
House Republican lawmakers and candidates paraded in front of TV cameras on Capitol Hill to sign a "Contract with America," a midterm platform that, pace Reagan, promises tax cuts and increased military spending, as well as a balanced budget. President Clinton was quick to ridicule the plan as "the same old trickle-down economics...