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Associate Professor of Government Mark A. Peterson, who teaches a course on the American Presidency, says 1972 was "the low point" for the Democratic party and, in a sense, "the Republicans looked invincible...
Some suggest the GOP may repeat that error on a larger level. Peterson said that one of the many possible scenarios for the party in the next four years is a radical swing like the Democrats...
When it became public knowledge this year that "Good Time Charlie" Wilson, a 10-term Democrat, had written 81 bad checks totaling $143,857 on the House bank, he had a quip ready: "It's not like molesting young girls or young boys." Opponent Donna Peterson was not amused. The 32-year-old West Point grad, a former helicopter test pilot and business consultant, says she is going to oust Wilson from the East Texas seat he has held for 20 years...
...Peterson, a conservative Republican in the heavily Democratic Second Congressional District, ran unsuccessfully against Wilson two years ago, when he outspent her 6 to 1. This year she's well funded by the Republican National Committee and conservative groups, who like the fact that she's antiabortion, probusiness, pro-death penalty...
...perhaps any other Congressman. Though he also champions women's rights and supports the right to abortion, he has a reputation as an aging Lothario. (On one taxpayer-supported foray to Pakistan, he took along a voluptuous former beauty queen.) This year hot checks have been his weak point. Peterson calls Congress a "check-bouncing, debt-ridden retirement village." Though polls show the race as a toss-up, Peterson is confident of victory. As she told Texas Republicans this summer: "Hang on, Mr. President, and hang on, America. Help...