The 2002 Republican sweep was historic. For the first time since the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, a first-term president’s party increased its numbers in Congress during an off-year election.

Why did the Democrats fare so poorly? Full article published on Newsmax.com.

Yeah ok heres what actually happened. People were scared by September 11, and the republican party used that fear in a massive media campaign before the election to scare people into believing that a vote for a Democrat is a vote for a terrorist. In Georgia a Vietnam vet who lost three limbs in a wartime accident was booted out of office because Republican scare tactics convinced Georgians that he was soft on terror. The NewsMax article is total bullsnot, as is anything published there. If you're a crazy right winger and want to read the conservative press at least go for the tastfull stuff. Try the Weekly Standard or the Economist especially. The Economist is one magazine liberals and conservatives alike can love, because even though it has a strong conservative bent, it dosen't make up shit to win its arguments. It wins them on reason. The Economist denounced the Republican campaign tactics, as it denounced George Bush's tacitcs against another war hero John McCain during the 2000 South Carolina primary.