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...mostly quiet. He listened. "He was in a state of shock," says one participant. It was different an hour later during the "listen only" conference call with members. This time Newt talked a lot, but he made no sense. He blamed the election on the unions, on black turnout driven by scare-tactic radio ads, on the fact that the Senate had failed to take up the House's $80 billion tax cut, and of course on the media for hyping the Monica scandal and blotting out the Republican message. Said one member who listened in: "It was very lame...
...Minnesota turnout, the nation's highest, where Jesse ("The Body") Ventura was elected Governor...
Unfortunately, last Tuesday's election saw the lowest turnout since 1942. Only about a third (36 percent) of America's eligible voters bothered to turn in a ballot. And, based on coverage in The Crimson and conversations with students, it seems that more than a few Harvard students also failed to vote...
...Well, I just have equipment and a belt," he proclaimed. "And a turnout coat and boots, a helmet and an ax and a walkie talkie and a flashlight...
...turned out, black voter turnout was high nationwide...