"If the Republicans get a majority in the Senate, he has to wear an Oliver North button tomorrow," Marcucci said. "If the Democrats win, I have to wear a Clinton-Gore pin."
Mary A. Tonougar '46, sitting at the same table, had a bit more riding "I've been working for two months for the 'No on Nine' campaign against lifting rent control," she said. "I've been living in Cambridge for the last 32 years and in the same apartment for the last 29. My whole life is here. If the proposition passes, I'd have to move out where I know no one." When CNN's coverage paused for other programming, a panel assembled by the JOP took center stage, discussing Republican victories and answering questions from the audience. Other than a few snickers when one of the panelists was introduced as an environmental adviser to the Bush administration, the crowd fell silent and listened to the opinions of the assembled political experts. Many of those present were interested in seeing coverage of elections from other parts of the country. "I'm most interested in the races in California," said Jason M. Waanders '95. "That and Virginia. Those of us who are afraid of Oliver North getting elected are very interested." In spite of the variety of races followed and the different political views expressed, the crowd united twice in its support for the outcome of races. A cheer erupted from the crowd when it was announced that Kennedy had won re-election in the Massachusetts race for U.S. Senate. But the response for Kennedy paled in comparison to the full minute of sustained applause for Chuck Robb's victory over Oliver North in the Virginia Senate contest