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Unlike '94, Voter Anger No Surprise to Dems
« on: August 15, 2010, 06:30:02 PM »
Unlike '94, Voter Anger No Surprise to Dems
                                       


 Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
NEVADA, Mo. — A year ago, dozens of protesters gathered outside the district office of Representative Ike Skelton, a Democrat who has represented a wide stretch of western Missouri since 1976. The anger they directed at health care legislation — and by extension most Congressional Democrats — left the party in a state of near panic.It may, in retrospect, have been the best thing that could have happened to Mr. Skelton and his colleagues.In the arsenal of advantages that Republicans hold as they seek to win  control of Congress this year, one thing is missing: the...

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