In no case among the 50 states' 99 chambers did Democrats manage to wrest control from Republicans.

Between 1913 and 1925, only five Democrats had managed to get elected to the council.

Democrats managed to fend off serious challenges for most Congressional seats they had held.

Democrats see the fight against insurance companies and managed care as a winning political issue in this year's elections.

But the immunity request was hardly routine, and the Democrats managed to block it.

IF Democrats do manage to shoehorn through a budget this week, what will they have accomplished?

The Democrats contested that year's general election as an independent party but only managed to receive 0.05% of the party vote.

No other Democrat even managed to gather the 15 signatures needed to have his or her name entered into nomination.

And the Democrats managed with barely 10 minutes to spare to keep tonight's roll call from spilling over into tomorrow.

But as they did on the filibuster, Democrats had managed to trap the president in his own linguistic box.