tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post7112602344001558343..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Newt's Babies vs. the Watergate BabiesJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-51268962925729913532010-05-24T12:26:53.250-05:002010-05-24T12:26:53.250-05:00As far as Justin Buchler and I are concerned, too ...As far as Justin Buchler and I are concerned, too much has been made of the notion of classes. We tried every variable we could think of and we couldn't find anything about the various cohorts that wasn't explained by their districts. Newt's babies, the Watergate babies, the famous class of '58, the COS class of '78...we tried every cohort claim we could think of (in fact, we compared every cohort to every other cohort) and couldn't find anything concrete for any of them.<br /><br />Which, I must say, surprised the heck out of us.Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-87879888071645337792010-05-21T22:56:08.435-05:002010-05-21T22:56:08.435-05:00What Anon said. It was in large part a structural...What Anon said. It was in large part a structural problem; they didn't get the White House right, most notably McLarty as CoS, but lots of other mistakes.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35685688752378090092010-05-21T19:33:39.545-05:002010-05-21T19:33:39.545-05:00A massive clusterfuck of an attempt at HCR, an att...A massive clusterfuck of an attempt at HCR, an attempt to end the gay ban in the military that ended with the adoption of DADT, inability to handle the Whitewater and Travelgate "scandals," not one but two non-starter AG nominations (for semi-legit reasons). For starters. It was a real exercise in stumbling out of the gate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-21084006460346335712010-05-21T13:32:40.050-05:002010-05-21T13:32:40.050-05:00What "self-inflicted" problems were thos...What "self-inflicted" problems were those, Jonathan?<br /><br /><i>1994 GOP landslide: ...credit beyond the normal Republican gains to be expected that year given the Democratic president and large Democratic majorities should go mainly to Bill Clinton's self-inflicted problems, with secondary credit to Bob Dole's all-filibuster strategy in the Senate</i>Jamesnoreply@blogger.com