Returns from most precincts all night
Made Republicans crow with delight;
But "conservative" folks
Are a bit of a hoax
When they really are radical, right?
* * *
The voters were not merely hintin'
At dissatisfaction with Clinton;
The candidates tried
To help them decide --
No campaign expenditure stintin'.
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One reason most Dems weren't the ones
Elected as favorite sons:
NRA threw its weight
Around state after state
And Republicans stuck by their guns.
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In districts too many to mention
Careers were denied an extension;
But an unbitter pill
As they exit the Hill
Is that nifty congressional pension
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Most pundits agree that Dole will
Campaign the next two years to fill
The top of the slate,
Actuarially late
For a senator over the Hill.