[VanDeKoik]

Well Reagan didnt win the House. It was still firmly in Democrat hands, and was assumed to always be that way, until Newt led the way to winning it.

[editor-surveyor]

"Well Reagan didnt win the House. It was still firmly in Democrat hands, and was assumed to always be that way, until Newt led the way to winning it Clinton's vast over-reach in '93 turned it over to the GOP.

Newt almost foiled it though, with his clownish "contract." The GOP lead started downward when he brought it out, and we barely made it to the election.