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Lets take a look at our next one. the two most recent examples of midterms. bill clintons democrats lost 54 house seats and eight senate seats in 1994 before turning the tables about those surprise wins in 1998. both parties said in the 1998 result was due in part, maybe in whole, to the public backlash against republicans who seem too focused on the lewinsky scandal rather than govrping. president bush saw the opposite. had a great first midterm. not so great second one. two republican midterms...

President clinton, of course, is the big outliar here, if youll recall. he didnt lose anything in that second midterm. winning five house seats for his party. staying even in the senate. eight years later in 2006 president bush got hammered. republicans lost 30 seats in the house, six in the senate, but, of course, more importantly, control of both houses were gone from the republicans. a couple of things to note here. the 1988 election under president clinton marked the only time a sitting two-...

Republicans used against his party. eisenhower was saddled with the midterms of 1958. u.s. unemployment had spiked to nearly 7%. that was double what it had been when he was first elected six years earlier. during the 2006 midterm the u.s. was three years into the iraq war and facing heavy sectarian violence. a combination that put -- what are the lebs for president obama and the democrats? should they worry about a six-year itch? i say maybe not so much. heres why. because in 2010 the party los...

Worse than what he did in his first midterm. and then democrats had this helpful anecdote. they simply hold on to the control in the senate. the president can declare partial victory for that. that was the importance of democrats adding two senate seets, sitting at 55. republicans have to win big, winning six senate seats is big and thats what theyd have to do to get control in 2014. the gaggle will be back right after the break. the good, the bad and the ugly of the 2012 campaign ad season. the...

Reagan, 86. republica republicans lost five seats in the house, eight in the senate. not so bad. but it did cost the republicans control in the senate. president clinton is the big out liar, here, if youll recall, because he didnt lose anything, winning five house seats, staying even in the senate eight years later, 2006, he got hammered. republicans lost 30 seats in the house, six in the senate and control. both houses were gone from the republicans. a couple things to note. the 1988 election m...

Republicans lost seven senate seats in -- lost a bunch of senate seats in 86 and the control but did better in the house. lets take a look at our next one. the two most recent examples of midterm. bill clinton lost 54 house seats and 8 senate seats. both parties said that the 98 result was due in part, maybe in hole, to the republicans backlash who seemed focused on the lew irksz nsky scandal. two republican midterms there. republicans gained ground in 2002, a 9/11 halo effect, if you will, befo...

>> i think its hard for jim demint -- its like this aol time warner merger. it makes a lot of sense on paper. well be able to overcome some of the institutional challenges. its something thats out in the -- the think tank worl. >> well have more from the gaggle coming up. plus, the six-year itch,its a bedrock of conventional wisdom. or is it just a made-up thing? second term president, supposedly struggling in his midterm. well let you know whether you think its real or simply a coincidence. but...

Into whether the six-year itch is real or simply a coincidence that just happened a few times. its a look back at history, if you will, to show you what were looking at. at the last five two-term presidents. truman, eisenhower, reagan, clinton, and bush. were including truman because even though he wasnt elected in 1944, he took over after fdr died just three months into his term. nixon is out before he resigned before the second midterm shellacking. lets put up the numbers. in trumans second te...

Recall. he didnt lose anything in the second midterm, winning five house seats for his party, staying even in the senate. eight years later, president bush got hammered, losing 30 seats in the house, 6 in the senate, but control of both houses were gone from republicans. a couple things to note. the 1998 election under president clinton marked the only time a two-term president saw any gain in his second term in the modern era. typically, they have one really bad midterm and one not so bad. eise...

946 before turning the tables with the surprise wins in 98. both parties said it was due in part maybe in whole to the public backlash against republicans who seemed too focused on the lewinski scandal. president bush of course saw the opposite. had a great first midterm. not so great second one. two there. republicans gained ground under president bush. before losing big in 2006. whats behind the truth of the theory of the six-year itch? seems logical over the course of six years but when you l...