Democratic Strategists, Take Note: It’s Time to Think Big
Then, as now, I was convinced that a national advertising campaign and a national message would benefit the “out” party in the next midterm election.
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Reynolds Still Bullish on Races
In a memo Reynolds distributed to his caucus last week and made available to reporters, the NRCC chairman seeks to dispel the conventional wisdom on midterm elections while offering evidence of why
GOP Counterpunching on Ethics
traction on the ethics issue for the 2006 elections.
Echoes of 1994 Are Not So Loud Yet
With the approval ratings of President Bush and Congress plummeting, both parties are treading lightly around handicapping their electoral prospects in next year’s midterm elections.
The Similarities to ’94 Are Real, But They’re Far From Exact
Then, his Republicans defied historical trends and gained seats in the first midterm, and two years later, his undisputed re-election victory was accompanied by real, not reverse, coattails.
Democrats Split Over Attacking GOP on Ethics
That sentiment may not be popular in the Caucus, but it highlights a hurdle facing Democrats as they try to regain seats in the midterm elections: To topple Majority LeaderTom DeLay (R-Texas) and
Win or Lose in ’06, House Leaders on Firm Ground
Even though the political stakes are extremely high in the 2006 elections, House Democrats and Republicans alike expect the balloting will bring little change to their respective leadership lineups, no
2006 Ought to Be Great for Democrats, But Can They Deliver?
[IMGCAP(1)] Historically speaking, the 2006 midterm elections should be a bonanza for Democrats.
In Ohio, Hackett Loses, but Finds a Sweet Spot in Campaign History
But how does it rank with fabled special elections that were harbingers of major political change?
Browder Takes Lessons To a Wider Audience
And we did,” Browder said, recalling the 1994 midterm elections that forced a changing of the guard on the Hill. Rep.
Congress’ Top Partisan Fighters
He never held a leadership position, having lost a bid for Majority Whip in 1994 to DeLay.
Meeting for the Middle
Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), DCCC chairman, touted a recently released poll from The Wall Street Journal that suggested the disapproval of Congress is at its highest level since 1994, the year Democrats lost control
New Signs of Trouble for GOP in 2006?
But it is far too premature to start writing the GOP’s midterm obituary at this point.
Senate Forecast for ’06: Big Gain Will Be Elusive for Either Party
[IMGCAP(1)] Retirements, of course, could change the arithmetic of next year’s Senate elections, and candidate recruitment is always an important factor in any election cycle.
Democrats Vow Offensive on Blue State Republicans
Some liberals want Democrats to take a page from the Republican handbook, circa 1994, to win back control of Congress. But Republicans say the advice comes too late.
Social Security Battle Calls to Mind Clinton’s Fight Over Health Care
And the Democrats were going to start out united on Social Security, unlike on Medicare prescription drugs, because they saw it as a potential springboard to big gains in the midterm elections and
Changes of ’74, ’94 Still Reverberate in Congress
President Richard Nixon, who had been mired in the Watergate scandal for most of his second term, resigned Aug. 9, a mere three months before the midterm elections.
Scratching the 6-Year Itch
“We have had two midterm elections where what was predicted in terms of the historical norm didn’t happen,” said Terry Nelson, field director at the National Republican Congressional Committee during
Democrats Fret About New Retirement Wave
That is because many Democrats believe a Bush win will further energize the party to fight back and stick it out for the 2006 mid-term elections, where the opposition party traditionally makes gains
A Divisive Election Will Only Worsen Existing Partisan Rifts
The election of Bill Clinton and the subsequent Republican landslide in the 1994 midterm elections that led to Newt Gingrich of Georgia’s emergence as Speaker of the House accelerated the conflict