1994, the Election to Embrace (and Avoid)

Here is a New York Times article comparing the 1994 and 2006 congressional elections. Another in a long line of articles.

Last fall in a CQ preview of the 2006 season, Gary Jacobson listed a number of election signposts in order to gauge the ability of the Democrats to take-over the House:

presidential policies
the economy
congressional and presidential polls
congressional ethics
candidate recruiting
incumbent retirements

The Times article points to the number of open seats (40 Vs 100) and the disparity in fundraising dollars as major problems that the Democrats would have to overcome, but does anyone want to offer a scorecard for the signposts?