"the republican comeback - in 1992 bill clinton barely won the presidency in a three-way race with george bush and ross perot. many republicans felt that the presidency had been stolen from them. clinton got off to a slow start and never gained momentum prior to the mid-term elections, being sidetracked right from the first by a controversy about allowing gays into the military. several high-profile cabinet nominations were withdrawn and then his single biggest domestic priority, reforming the health care system, went down to defeat in congress. republicans gained both houses of congress for the first time since 1955 under the leadership of newt gingrich."
by