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House GOP to Unveil Agenda Thursday

Chief Deputy Minority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) was tapped to lead the effort, which is expected to be similar to the party’s “Contract With America” agenda from 1994.

District Polls Are Troubling Signs for Democrats

First, make the midterm elections a choice between the two parties rather than a referendum on Obama, and second, demonize Republican challengers, thereby making them unacceptable to voters.

Democrats Hopeful Majority Won’t Slip Away

Monday that showed a 10 percentage-point edge for Republicans among registered voters, the largest generic ballot lead the GOP has ever enjoyed in Gallup’s history of conducting such polling ahead of midterm

Even Veteran Members Will Struggle to Win

[IMGCAP(1)]Kelly, first elected in 1994, had only one tough race (in 1996) before she was upset in 2006. In the two elections before her defeat, she drew 67 percent and 70 percent.

GOP Gains Weren’t Always Inevitable This Year

May 2009, my newsletter, the Rothenberg Political Report, noted that “small Republican gains would seem the most likely outcome” of the midterms, adding that the House “is not at risk in next year’s elections

President Obama, Welcome to Bush’s World

[IMGCAP(1)]It has been four months since Greenberg’s article, “Disaster Relief: How to Avoid a Repeat of 1994,” appeared, but there is no sign of a Democratic turnaround on the horizon — only more

Omnibus Spending Bill Recalls Obey Reform

Obey would purposely seek in his final term in Congress, especially given his remarkable distinction as the last chairman to deliver all regular appropriations bills into law, separately and on time, in 1994

In the Delta, Everyone’s Buzzing About Barbour

Barbour, who currently chairs the Republican Governors Association, chaired the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997, putting him at his party’s helm during the 1994 midterm elections,

Recess Not Playtime for Nervous Incumbents

“The issue in the November elections,” Alexander continued, “is going to be whether to elect more Republicans to put a check and balance on an overreaching Washington government.”

Democrats Not Getting Much Primary Help

Democratic Senators and strategists argue that the midterm campaign is anti-incumbent across the board, although they concede that their party faces political headwinds with unique challenges.

Seniority Is Getting Little Respect

Both men in recent weeks have dramatically ramped up their fundraising efforts for colleagues who will decide the likely contest after the midterm elections. On Appropriations, Rep.

Obey Gavels Hill Career to a Close

The move surprised even senior Democrats, outside the top leaders, and amounts to a severe morale knock to a party already facing grim midterm elections losses.