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The political pendulum in American politics swung away from the right yesterday, putting an end to the 12-year Republican Revolution on Capitol Hill and delivering a sharp rebuke of President Bush and the Iraq war.
The GOP reign in the House that began with Newt Gingrich in a burst of vision and confrontation in 1994 came crashing down amid voter disaffection with congressional corruption....
Overall, 59 percent of voters surveyed in a news media consortium series of exit polls yesterday expressed dissatisfaction or anger with the Bush administration; 37 percent said they cast their vote to express opposition to Bush, compared with 23 percent who were voting to support him. Fifty-six percent of voters said they support withdrawing some or all U.S. troops from Iraq, which will increase the pressure on Washington to switch gears at a minimum and probably embolden Democrats pushing for a pullout.
