European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St Maas amp a Ripe s authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 208 thursday november 8,1990 Good morning 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 a democrats Hail gains As bad news for Bush at a glance . Senate democratic sen. Bui by the associated press democrats wednesday celebrated their gains in Congress and the takeover of governors offices in High growth Sunbelt states. They swiftly proclaimed the midterm election results show a George Bush is extraordinarily vulnerable in 1992.�?� but republicans also had victories to hold up including the biggest prize of All As Pete Wilson kept the California governorship in president Bush votes in Houston before returning to the White House. Gop hands. The presidents party also made inroads in the Northeast and Industrial Midwest electing governors in Michigan Ohio Minnesota and Massachusetts. In an election framed by fear of recession arid War by unhappiness with taxes and politicians governors of both parties took a beating. That Wasny to True in the House and Senate where most incumbents won and where the 102nd Congress will look a lot like the late a lamented 101st. A a we be got a lot to smile about a said democratic National chairman Ron Brown As he surveyed the midterm returns on cd so a this  see related election stories and photos on pages 2,3,4 and 5. Later at a news conference Brown made it Clear he was taking dead on the 1992 presidential election and was determined to pursue the a fairness issues democrats used effectively this year. A the american people Are saying enough is enough a said Brown reciting the now familiar democratic description of the past decade As a time when a the Rich got Richer the poor got poorer and the Middle class got squeezed. A a George Bush is in a slide a he said. A the debate now is focused on issues where democrats Are the strongest. I think that a what this election Cycle clearly showed. George Bush is extraordinarily vulnerable in 1992.�?� Bush spent the morning in the Oval office and offered no comment. But the republicans chief spokesman Charles Black said the gop had bested the trend for midterm losses and insisted 1 a a it a a Good Day for the  the democrats cited the poor showing see democrats on Back Page Bradley was re elected by a slim if argon Over Christin Todd Whitman North Carolina Ultra conservative sen. Jesse Helms turned Back the bid of Black Democrat Harvey Gantt. Iowa Tom Haroln 1st Democrat Ever re elected to the Senate in history of state. Governors a Florida former sen. Lawton Chiles scored a runaway upset Over gop incumbent gov. Bob Martinez. It Texas Democrat Ann Richards stunned gop s Clayton Williams. Connecticut Independent Lowell Weicker Defeated two challengers. Fires 2 shots near Gorbachev soviet gunman Moscow apr a Leningrad Man snuck a Hunting Rifle past soviet Security agents and fired two shots on red Square on wednesday in what May have been an assassination attempt against president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. If confirmed As an attempt on Gorbachev a life it would be the first known against a soviet Leader in 21 years. The gunman was about 80 Yards away from Gorbachev russian president Boris Yeltsin and other officials watching a Parade for the 73rd anniversary of the bolshevik revolution. Some of the hundreds if not thousands of plainclothes Security agents posted throughout the Square knocked the gun upward As he fired the first shot then downward when he fired again according to Rafik Kishanov a legislative Leader. The shots hit no one and the Man was arrested on the spot after 15 to 20 plainclothes agents jumped on him officials said. It was not Clear where the Man was aiming when his gun was knocked away. A Kab spokesman said the suspect was interrogated to determine his target. A the shooting was the most dramatic incident on a tumultuous Day of nationwide demonstrations by communists and their opponents. Gorbachev and other officials on the reviewing stand heard the shots according to Kab chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov. A everyone heard. We saw the police move in a Kryuchkov said at another ceremony later. Asked if the suspect was sane Kryuchkov said a not in our opinion. But we Are  some of the thousands of protesters Gorbachev and other leaders were watching Are unhappy with his reforms and demand his resignation. It was not Clear however whether the gunman was among Gorbachev a critics and wanted to assassinate the 59-year-old Kremlin Leader. Moscow Kab spokesman Andrei Olinov said the Man used a double barrelled Hunting Rifle that fires cartridges. The gun was shortened he said so it could be More easily concealed. That Type of weapon is readily available on a thriving soviet Black Market for weapons. The shooting occurred about 11 a.m., five minutes after Gorbachev and other officials returned to the Lenin mausoleum. They had made an unprecedented foray into the Square to Lead the Parade. The last reported assassination attempt against a soviet Leader was in 1969, when a red  officer tried to kill party chief Leonid Brezhnev. The gunman it. Viktor Ilyin missed and killed a chauffeur and wounded three other people. He spent 21 years in a psychiatric Hospital and was released in february