mid-terms

The country is in the sort of unhappy and scratchy mood that voters in mid-terms habitually take out on the president's party.

Far from delivering a gain, health reform could well turn out to be a negative, at least for the mid-terms.

It was as if all the rancour of the mid-terms had been turned off like a switch.

But in the run-up to the mid-terms, the Democrats ought to have had one example of spending at its best: investment in infrastructure.

Some of this intransigence is mere posturing, with both sides attempting to size one another up after the mid-terms.

EVER since the Democrats' poor showing in the mid-terms, the two parties have been engaged in a rather stiff dance.

Mr Obama also said far too little about what most concerns Republicans and what led to his party's defeat at the mid-terms: the deficit.

But if they choose a more conventional candidate they risk extinguishing the fire that lit up the mid-terms.

Not even the sunny disposition of Ronald Reagan could stop his approval ratings plunging as he faced the mid-terms of 1982.

Many seem intent on using November's mid-terms to give their verdict on his handling of the war in Iraq.

Republican hopes of reclaiming the White House will of course soar if they win control of Congress in the mid-terms.

The Democrats' dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the mid-terms.

He may not be on the ballot this year, but mid-terms are in large part a referendum on the president.

Many see the mid-terms as a popular rejection of the president's "extreme" policies.

The victor serves only to the end of the present Congress, so on the same day voters will choose between nominees for November's mid-terms.

Between now and the long run, however, come the mid-terms.

A similar coalition re-elected a Democratic senator in Colorado in last November's mid-terms, bucking the national trend.

Although the drugs violence is virtually all on the Mexican side, border issues are a big concern for New Mexico's voters at the mid-terms.

One step forward for health reform. But even if they reach the finishing line, the Democrats face trouble in next year's mid-terms.

John Spratt, the current Democratic chairman of the house budget committee, who lost his seat in the mid-terms, put it best.

By itself, the Democratic victory in the mid-terms is hardly a mandate for sweeping expansion of government's role.

Republicans did better in the 1986 mid-terms, losing just five House though eight Senate seats, despite an unemployment rate of near 7%.

The most perverse impact of the mid-terms is the sudden interest in immigration.

Mr Scott will be the first black Republican to sit in Congress since 2002 if he wins in the mid-terms.

Mr Obama's fate depends more on two big bets he placed well before the Republican capture of the House in November's mid-terms.

For Mr Bush, the Iraq war has in one sense already been lost, whatever result the mid-terms bring.

One thing seems obvious: a lot is likely to happen to Mr Obama's fortunes between now and the 2010 mid-terms.

The mid-terms may only just have happened, but the presidential election of 2012 is already well under way.

The Democrats stepped up their campaigning in the mid-terms.

Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

And with the mid-terms looming, that is a tempting strategy.

Might that change after the mid-terms?

Mid terms are coming soon.

ex: I'm so stressed out. I have three mid-terms coming next week.

With all eyes on the economy, Republicans could fight the mid-terms last year without worrying about their disunity on foreign affairs.

Kelly: mid-terms are coming soon. Are you all prepared?

Performance Persistence of Chinese Security Funds in Short and Mid-Terms

When the Democrats took back Congress at the 2006 mid-terms, they increased their vote everywhere from centre to exurban;

This hard slog will surely bring some joy for Republicans in the November mid-terms;