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This is jim wright. it wasn't long ago he was the biggest fish in the biggest party in one of the biggest states in america. born in ft. worth, texas, nearly 91 years ago, december 1922, the day after pearl harbor he enlisted in the army air corps, flew combat missions and came home to texas where he entered politics and began the long, slow, steady climb to the top of the ladder. won a seat as a democrat in congress in 1954, eisenhower's first midterm, the year the democrats won a majority that they would hold for the next 40 years. at 54, election made another texan, sam rayburn, mr. sam the...

The two most recent examples of midterms. bill clinton's democrats lost 54 house seats and eight senate seats in 1994 before turning the tables with 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 governing. president bush saw the opposite. had a great first midterm. not so great second one. two republican midterms there. gaining ground in both chambers under bush in 2002. a 9/11 halo effect, if you will, before losing big in 2006. what's behind...

Let's take a look at our next one. the two most recent examples of midterms. bill clinton's 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 there. gaining ground in both chambers under bush in 2002. a 9/11 halo effect, if you will, befor...

'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. what's behind the truth of the theory of the six-year itch? seems logical over the course of six years but when you look at each case, there are circumstances that make it hard to draw a sweeping conclusion. by the...