The Forbes factor is a big factor and it's something the [Bush] campaign team in Austin must to keep their eye on. He spent $40 million last time. Yes, he's raising some money this time for the first time but he's going to spend what it takes. |
The front-runner in the Republican party will be John McCain, based on his performance at the convention, support for Bush and his polling numbers both nationally and in the early primary states, ... His favorable rating [in national voter surveys] is at about 70 percent among Republicans, Democrats and independents, which is kind of unique. |
The lesson I learned from 1996 is that the president speaks with one voice while Congress has 535. Let's decide who wins that argument, ... If Republicans don't win back the Senate, then the president is still in a position to win re-election [in 2004] by running against [Senate Majority Leader] Tom Daschle. |
The lesson I learned from 1996 is that the president speaks with one voice while Congress has 535. Let's decide who wins that argument. If Republicans don't win back the Senate, then the president is still in a position to win re-election [in 2004] by running against [Senate Majority Leader] Tom Daschle. |
The only way you change the subject is to get on the offense. It also may be time to get on the serious offense in Iraq in a military way. |
The Pelosi-Durbin announcement was like a tree falling in the forest. Nobody heard it. |
The total package of initial demands from either side are never where the contract ends up. |
There will be no arbitration. |
There's no question that since Katrina, there have been some missteps that have shaped the president's inability to get a message out. These are no one person's fault. But they happened. And now it's time to get back on the offensive. |
There's still three more years. Look, this has been a rough patch, as rough as this modern-day Republican Party has been through in 30 years. But while this has been going on, look at the other side of the aisle, no leaders, no ideas, no agenda. |
They decided to go on strike. To bring in a third party that has no direct stake in the outcome just doesn't make sense. |
They work so well together. It's one of those things where they've played together so long that they read each other's mind. |
They're going to own the results either way, so why not land the plane? |
They've been facing double-teams all year. Teams have been loading up the box against us and looking to counter. But I don't think Davenport will do that. |
This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything. |