What were the voters running away from when republicans lost mega numbers of seats during klinton's second term and Newt resigned?
"What were the voters running away from when republicans lost mega numbers of seats during klinton's second term and Newt resigned?"
A) It wasn't mega numbers, it was an unexpected loss when they were hoping for gains.
B) It was because that was when the GOP first started to lose the 'edge' of the class of 1994. In October, instead of having a tough budget debate with the President, the GOP, this was *after* the lewinsky affair broke loose - decided to cave to Clinton on the budget so they could go home early to campaign. Consequently, they had nothing to run on.
1998 was a disappointment but not a disaster (except for Newt).
They didn't lose "mega" seats the GOP House only lost about 5 seats, and that's because they abandoned the Contract With America they ran on. Newt quit because he got neutered by the MSM and triangulated by Clinton.