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[wyldwolf]

1. Clinton was certainly trying to appeal to the left of the party with that gun control measure, and to this day I still support it.

2. That only played a small part in the debacle of '94. Other factors include a large number of Democratic retirement in districts that had previously been gerrymandered to favor Republicans, a general distaste for the entrenched power in Washington (that would be the Democrats), rubbergate, the first nation-wide mobilization of the Christian right targeting pro-choice candidates, and a healthcare plan targeted by both the left and the right (the right felt it went too far, the left felt it did not go far enough)

3. We'd be bidding farewell to President Al Gore after two terms if Nader and the Supreme Court had not intervened.