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Democrats wrested governorship from the GOP in Texas, Florida and four other states yesterday in midterm elections that sealed a saason of Republican disappointment. Democrats also expanded their dominion of Congress in returns that heavily favored the incumbents...
Spokesperson Charles Black put the best face forward for the Republican National Committee, telling reporters, "It appears to be more of an anti-incumbent trend than a partisan trend." He called the midterm results "an anti-Congress trend rather than an anti-president trend," even though incumbent members were being reelected at a substantial rate...
...George Bush obviously has had a little setback on the polls but he's still the most popular president going into midterm elections in modern times," said Ed Rollins, the top political adviser to House Republicans...
Harvard students have been known to get the exam blues--particularly at midterm time. But this year, they won't be getting exam booklets to match their mood...
Although the switch did not escape the attention of midterm takers, the change did not elicit particularly emotional responses...