A "U Turn" Election?

A "U Turn" Election?

In 1980, Ronald Reagan led the GOP to a pick up of a net 34 seats in the House of Representatives as well as a Senate majority.

House Republicans gave back 27 of those seats in the 1982 vote.

In 1994, the Newt-led GOP swept the country, emerging with 230 House seats after gaining a net 54 in the decisive rebuke to Bill Clinton's first two years as president.

The Democrats have had their big years as well, winning 31 net seats in 2006 and another 21 seats in 2008.

Note that the big House...