1.   Analysis on the meaning of the Republican sweep in November shouted at all of us from every direction following the elections.

2.   And, despite the recent Republican sweep of Congress, they are standing by their man, President Clinton, though with some reservations and concerns.

3.   A Republican sweep tends to hurt the market on the Hill.

4.   A year of internal debate went into the drafting of the Clinton plan, but it has been overtaken by the Republican sweep of Congress.

5.   All that changed in November, however, with the Republican sweep, and early talk of the new Republican majority kissing off small business was a shocker.

6.   But the Republican sweep at the congressional and state-house level last year changed all that.

7.   But with the other hand, he has harsh words for the national Republican sweep and feels voters will ultimately be betrayed.

8.   Clinton also acknowledged that the Republican sweep reflected voter discontent with him.

9.   Despite the Republican sweep on Tuesday, Paxon remembers the desolation of defeat too well to become overconfident.

10.   Environmentalists see a Republican sweep as the worst of all possible election outcomes.