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Even if the GOP somehow loses seats in both houses, it can ignore its relative setbacks and reassert its absolute supremacy.
These setbacks brought discredit to the whole idea of government activism, converting practical failure into political failure.
In practice, indiscreet lapses from objectivity do occur nonetheless, and the market suffers occasional setbacks.
Although Bin Ladin has not succeeded, his attacks against the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 demonstrate that he prepares operations years in advance and is not deterred by setbacks.
And yet, there were also appalling setbacks: NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers was assassinated.