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...weakness of the Republicans surprises a number of political analysts who cite the historical pattern of midterm gains by the party that does not control the White House. Actually, however, the big off-year gains by the opposition party have generally been made during the incumbent President's second term, not during his first. Moreover, the Democrats have a number of important factors working in their favor...
...Americans generally vote for the party rather than for the candidate in midterm elections. This trend helps the Democrats because 45% of the registered voters identify themselves as members of the Democratic Party; only 22% are registered as Republicans (up from 19% four years...
...Even if Kennedy doesn't give the word, some politicians believe that they can make him a candidate anyway. Last week a group of influential state chairmen met privately in Washington to discuss Kennedy's prospects. One notion was to use this winter's Democratic Party midterm conference as an opportune setting to whip up enthusiasm for Kennedy...
...unusual for a President to falter as he approaches midterm, and this has to be especially true in an era of unprecedented media exposure. The once fresh face and crisp, new manner have be come familiar as the local grocer's. What may have been entertaining idiosyncrasies, like Truman's salty language, Eisenhower's chronic golfing and Carter's reflexive grin, can become slightly irritating. No longer larger than life, as on the triumphant eve of Inauguration, the mid-term President starts looking all too vulnerably human...
Crimson Sports Cube 101 midterm (50 minutes): using the themes, strategies, and patterns developed over the past five weeks, discuss potential outcomes of the football race, paying particular attention to the schedule and unpredictability (use of past 'Cube Predix' permissible) characteristic of Ivy League grid play...