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Pundits predicting a stalemate point out that (a) in an off-year Clinton won't be as eager to compromise as he was on welfare in 1996, and (b) House Democrats think a stalemate will work against the GOP during next year's congressional elections ( Capitol Gang's Al Hunt; NewsHour's Mark Shields; Late Edition's Steve Roberts; and This Week's George Stephanopoulos).
The New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary sent a trickle of voters in that state to the polls June 3. This off-year contest--between four-term Rep.
7 percent) for an off-year election, making the whole drama unspool like a Frank Capra movie: The little guys beat the fat cats, only the little guys were right-wing Republicans instead of good government liberals.
The scandals, plus the traditional off-year swing against the president's party, will drive voters toward clean-cut Republican candidates.
But in this week's off-year voting, the chief theme seems too strong and too weird to resist.