The first time around, the Media, Perot, and a bunch of sit at homes, gave Clinton the win. Even with running a campaign, he heart was NOT in, President G.H.W, Bush WAS closing in, at the last minute. But it was not to be so.
But this election, the one in November of '06, is NOT a presidential one and the many people, on this thread, carping about this president Bush, are proving just how little they know or even care about REAL politics. For them, it's all emotion and venting their spleen.
And should the worst happen, and the GOP loses the House ( which I don't think is going to happen ), the Dems WILL impeach the president and anything and everything "bad" that happens, WILL be blamed on President Bush; though it WILL be that the damned Dems caused it. Most people don't know what we know, because they don't read FR. Even some here, don't read much of what's post here, nor do they take the time to understand it; sad to say.
The Democrats will not impeach the President. Such an act would be politically suicidal. There are no Tom DeLays in the Democrat Party that are willing to risk electoral popularity to do what the base wants. The President is safe until he leaves office.
I hate to break this to you, but the one being clueless about politics lately is Bush. He has been told loudly and clearly by the base to drop his guest worker program. He refuses.
Meanwhile, the guys up for re-election this year, the GOP House members, are standing on the opposite side of the issue. So what does that tell you about the politics here?