In recent years, as a backlash developed against some of Duncan's favored reform strategies, he eased his insistence on some of them.
But 2009 will be the year of a backlash against assessments.
Mr. Bush has also shown strength with Hispanic voters, who make up a growing part of the electorate but have favored Democratic candidates in recent years, mostly in a backlash against Mr. Wilson's strong campaigns against affirmative action and illegal immigration.
That year a conservative backlash against the new law helped Republicans take control of the House.
Despite data showing that plans covering millions of patients trigger only a few hundred complaints a year, a public backlash has forced many managed care plans to retreat, agreeing to pay for almost everything doctors prescribe.
When a president has been in the White House six years, a mid-term backlash against his party is the norm.
In recent years, there has been a backlash against studies showing the benefits of bilingualism.
In the past few years there has been a backlash, after a century of rediscovery, not so much against Caravaggio as against the popular perception of his art.
Though the movement has gained strength in recent years as part of a backlash against growing numbers of immigrants, it has taken on particular force since Sept. 11, fueled by patriotic fervor and fears about an uncertain economy.
