[Dan from Michigan]

Am I the only person who remembers that Bush LOST five Senate seats for his party while capturing the WH from the other party?

I don't think Bush lost them for the party.
McCollum was weak(bad on 2nd amendment, and terrible on the 4th amendment.) Spence Abraham beat himself with his immigration stance, trade positions, weak campaign, bad front office and wishy washyness. Ashcroft was victim of bad luck with the plane crash. Slade Gorton was probably an age and $$$ victim. Bill Roth's trouble was age and that he was facing a governor.

[jack gillis]

FIVE seats?

I did not mean to minimize Bush's win: He captured a WH from the other party, which is always some doing. But there had to be a lot of ticket-splitting going on for a party to capture the WH while losing five seats. At some point you gotta say, "Hmmmm. Perhaps there's a national trend here."

The GOP lost House seats, too, remember.