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Abhorring a vacuum: the demise of Hastert's majority.(Dennis Hastert)
AS the Republican House majority stumbled toward its demise, Speaker Dennis Hastert evoked images of the kindly old uncle staying a bit too long at Thanksgiving dinner. In his presence, everyone around the table was smiling and laughing. But whenever he was out of earshot, they would mutter to one another in hushed tones, "When is he going to leave?" Or, perhaps more appropriately in Hastert's case, "When is he going to lead?"
According to Republican insiders on and off Capitol Hill, the answer to both questions was the same: never. Their party lost at least 28 seats in the House and six in the Senate, giving Democrats control of Congress and consigning Hastert ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Abhorring a vacuum: the demise of Hastert's majority.(Dennis Hastert)