The 1996 Election Ends in a Political Status Quo, with Both Sides Calling for Comity, Not Collision

摘要

So what happened to all the anger and angst in 1992 that ended 12 years of Republican rule in the White House and then in 1994 shattered 40 years of Democratic dominance of Congress? And why was the "Contract with America," which Republicans had heralded as a master plan for legislating, virtually disregarded in the election campaigns of 1996?