A curious question I have is what was the economy like in 1994 before the midterms

[bigdarryl]

Because all I hear is it's the economy that the reason why the democrats will loose a lot of seats.If memory serves my right in 1994 the economy was doing fine under Bill Clinton. The rethugs didn't run on the economy they ran on Clinton being liberal and there stupid contract with America.

[Deep13]

1. It was the usual shit...taxes, guns and Clinton was a hippy draft dodger and shit. nt

[bigdarryl]

2. Yep and I bet if Obama had the same economy right now as Clinton had

the rethugs woulkd be saying Obama is UN American not from this country and all there normal bullshit.

[Deep13]

3. Right. The issue was always about derailing any real reform. nt

[Milo_Bloom]

4. Wasn't that good through a lot 1994...

We were still suffering the end of the reagan/bush recession.

It turned towards the end of the year, but not enough to save the election.

[Zen Democrat]

5. The economy wasn't the issue. It was already Whitewater and "Troopergate"

Those were the days before I stopped listening the right-wing radio to monitor what the opposition was saying. Now I don't give a damn because I get physically ill listening to the non-stop lies.

In January 1994, Janet Reno appointed Robert Fiske as special prosecutor to investigate Whitewater and crazy allegations about the death of Vince Foster, after the tv news and radio talk shows went at it non-stop. And Nightline with Ted Koppel was a worst offender, by the way. That summer of 1994, a three-judge panel in Washington removed Fiske and installed Ken Starr as independent prosecutor and the rest is history. IMO, it was the ethical cloud created by the Republicans that caused the Democratic losses of 1994 and had little or nothing to do with anything else.

And Democrats were sitting on their hands because they were dispirited over the defeat of healthcare.

[OHdem10]

6. Recession but not on this grand scale.

[Jennicut]

7. Clinton has missteps on health care and the ban on assault weapons really brought the Rethugs out.

[theothersnippywshrub]

8. It was quite a bit better than now.

Quarterly annualized GDP growth rate during Clinton's first two years:

1993 ___ Q1 0.7 ___ Q2 2.6 ___ Q3 2.1 ___ Q4 5.4

1994 ___ Q1 4.0 ___ Q2 5.6 ___ Q3 2.6 ___ Q$ 4.5

http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=1&ViewSeries=NO&Java=no&Request3Place=N&3Place=N&FromView=YES&Freq=Qtr&FirstYear=1992&LastYear=1994&3Place=N&Update=Update&JavaBox=no#PtrFriend


Monthly unemployment rate during Clinton's first two years:
_______Jan __Feb __Mar __Apr __May __Jun __Jul __Aug __Sep __Oct __Nov __Dec

1993 __7.3 __7.1 __7.0 __7.1 __7.1 __7.0 __6.9 __6.8 __6.7 __6.8 __6.6 __6.5

1994 __6.6 __6.6 __6.5 __6.4 __6.1 __6.1 __6.1 __6.0 __5.9 __5.8 __5.6 __5.5

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet

[golfguru]

9. Stock market was down is the memory I have

The so called misery index (inflation + unemployment) was also
higher than during previous decade.

[w4rma]

10. Clinton pissed off the base with NAFTA and turned out the GOP with gun-control.

Obama, similarly, has pissed off the base with his Wall Street support and turned out the Republican base by implementing Bush's bank bailouts.