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What an out and out shitty year that was. I was dating a conservative woman from MS at election time, and she was ecstatic over Trent Lott going into the Senate leadership. Needless to say, we broke up shortly afterward.
Of course by then I had all but written off the Dems after just two measly years of Clinton do-nothingness. NAFTA and his healthcare plan fiasco had done it for me. Add in the scandals that were happening in the House that year, and it was just plain UGLY for progressives of any sort.
I think it's VERY impressive that DK was able to beat a Republican in 1994, when everything was collapsing for the Dems, thanks to the, um, "leadership" of the DLC.
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