Posted by Jim Lindgren:
Were he Clintons Particularly Bad for the Democrats?
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_30-2008_01_05.shtml#1199429388
At The Corner, [1]Mark Steyn writes that the Clintons were bad for the
Democratic Party:
The Clintons' leadership of the Democratic Party was great for the
Clintons, terrible for the Democratic Party: They lost the House,
they lost the Senate, they lost state legislatures and governors'
mansions, and in the end Clinton couldn't even bequeath the White
House to his Vice-President in a time of peace and prosperity.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODU3ZjEzZWFlYTE3NjZkYmE2MTg1Z
jBlZmQxZjQxNDk=
In a 2006 Yale Law Journal article Steve Calabresi and I presented
data showing that losing power, even state governorships, as a
presidential term progresses is common, not an exception. Essentially,
we believe that a President and his party are a lightning rod for
everything that goes wrong.
Our article can be downloaded at the bottom of [2]this SSRN page.
Particularly interesting are Figures 1 and 2 on page 2617 showing
governorships by party since 1936.
References
1.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODU3ZjEzZWFlYTE3NjZkYmE2MTg1ZjBlZmQxZjQxNDk=
2. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=9303
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