That should be a lesson to the Republicans. David Horowitz Obviously D'Amato had problems. He wasn't well-liked. I haven't seen turnout figures, but upstate I heard it wasn't good. But there's a lot of Republican voters sitting on their hands right now because the Republican leadership gave them nothing to vote for.
Republicans are lame.
Everybody understands that. The budget deal showed Clinton could be an effective president, crippled as he is. There was no tax cut, and there were a tremendous number of things in the budget that bring grief to Republicans. And I think the Democrats were especially vicious, especially deceptive in their campaigns. Their stances were distorted.