Close, but IMHO, to goes nack to 1994. The Dems controlled the Congress for decades. They had the power of the puse..to allocate the public $$ to their special interest groups.As long as they held the Congress, they didn't care that much about the WH...the old bull Dems want the congressional power back. Consider charlie Rangel and John Vonyers, who are both now certifiable. Rangel wants to be the Chair of the Ways and Means..he knows he'll never get it..and he is bitter..
I agree with you on the changeover from the 1994 election, but the outrage over Bush has a life of its own. They want back in power but their lack of sanity has progressed proportionally with the loss to Bush in 2000. Add in, they have lost all the midterm elections, which had not happened for some time, and they really are beside themselves.