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After the Rollercoaster Ride.
The mood at Republican headquarters was somber at 9:00 on election night. "I thought by 8:30 it would be a big sweep: It's morning in America and all that," one man in a pinstriped suit told a group of anxious staffers. "We're actually worried about the Senate now!" a colleague muttered. Over at the Democratic National Committee party at the Mayflower Hotel, there was jubilation. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., was dancing behind the podium, jumping up and down and raising her glass, as giant TV screens announ...
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