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Their midterm droppings, and went ton of win reelection two years later. they were assisted by two invaluable political assets, both clinton and obama benefitted from an economy that improved between the midterm and their reelection races two years later and they also benefitted from who their opponents were. in 1996, bill clinton's opponent was bob dole, but he really got to run against newt gingrich, whose polarizing style as house speaker had alienated wide swaths of the country. every clinton ad that mentioned dole attached gingrich's name to his as well. it was one word, dole/gingrich. cl...

Senator, i served with jack kennedy. i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> part of why the stakes feel so high tonight is that incumbent presidents almost always lose to the candidate challenging them in their first debate. the exception to that is bill clinton beating dole in their first debate in '96. other than that every time the first debate has been a killer for the incokucumbent president. president carter lost to ronald reagan, president reagan lost his first debate to robert mondale. president bush lost his first debate to bill cli...