No, it isn't usual ~ it does happen, but it didn't happen for nearly half a century ~ Republicans were pretty much shut out of the House for most of my life. Then Newt Gingrich came along and took it back from the evil Democrats.
We have people here who think his having had 3 wives, two of them felons, is more important than his service to the American people ~
41 posted on 11/12/2012 7:34:32 PM PST by muawiyah