Revenge Of The Right

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., on a sunny, quiet Friday morning, the first people Gingrich and his wife, Marianne, bumped into were Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, a top aide to Armey's House Republican Conference. The streets were deserted, the members and staffers scattered for the election and the long Veterans Day weekend. But the four were on their way to work. They met on First Street NE, between the Capitol and the Supreme Court. Thomas and Gingrich commiserated over their rancid press coverage. But then they were visited by a political epiphany. "Here we are," Gingrich recalls saying. "You're on the court over here, and I'm going to be speaker over there. Do you think that is what they mean when they talk about a revolution?" And then they all had a good laugh.

SCORECARD

SENATE OLD NEW Republicans 44 53 Democrats 56 47 HOUSE OLD NEW[a] Republicans 178 227 Democrats 256 199 Independent 1 1 GOVENORS OLD NEW[a] Republicans 20 30 Democrats 29 17 Independent 1 1

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