[zeestephen]

A lot of you here are too young to remember the 1994 Newt Gingrich Congressional Earthquake, when the GOP won 54 seats and a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in 52 years.

I watched CNN that night.

Judy Woodruff (now host of PBS News Hour) and Bernard Shaw (one of the first network Black anchormen) were the CNN newsroom anchors.

When the exit pollsters announced that the GOP was going to win a House majority, Woodruff and Shaw were literally in shock, and speechless.

Woodruff finally struggled to say, “I guess this means the voters are telling us they want divided government (Clinton was president).”

Gingrich was my hero in 1994 (but not for long), and the 1994 election was the most thrilling political experience in my life.

[Steely Tom]

A lot of you here are too young to remember the 1994 Newt Gingrich Congressional Earthquake, when the GOP won 54 seats and a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in 52 years.

I didn't watch it that night, but I listened to NPR the next morning on my way to work.

It was something to hear. Every single anchor and correspondent was speaking in a very low voice, very slowly. Slowly, slowly.

It reminded me of SNL's "Festrunk Brothers" (Steve Martin and Dan Akroyd) when they figured out that the "Fox-es" had stood them up.