20 ordspråk av Thomas Mann (political analyst)
Thomas Mann (political analyst)
Bush's partisan style of governance has reinforced it.
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Her foreign policy influence in 2005 was very impressive and constructive, in contrast to her time as National Security Council adviser [her role in the first term of the Bush administration]. She has charisma - that rock star appearance at the football game in Alabama was really something. Whether that makes her a viable candidate for the presidency is another matter entirely.
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His background, record and silence on a number of questions spoke volumes about his likely performance on the court.
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I think Governor Bush can feel very confident that Cheney will not be a negative and will be a marvelous positive, ... if he is fortunate enough to be elected to the White House.
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I think personal experiences make a huge difference on issues like this. The promise of breakthroughs in research (on) Parkinson's disease or juvenile diabetes are sufficient for some pro-life politicians to support public funding of stem cell research.
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I think was Harry Truman who said, 'If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic,' ... The idea that somehow a Democratic majority is harmful for the economy strikes me as fanciful. It's financial fiction.
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I would say Joe Lieberman (would be perceived as being the most pro-business), ... is the least likely of the major candidates to win the nomination.
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In the old days, [the committee] raised small amounts of money, doled it out to people who didn't need it and sat back and waited to see who would win.
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It was not quite the finale that the president and the Republican leadership had in mind.
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On every other aspect of his agenda, he is pretty close to dead in the water. This is one area of promise for him.
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Republicans who had doubts about elements of the president's tax and spending programs were willing to play ball in the interests of advancing the Republican cause. Now that the president is in serious political trouble, they're more inclined to make some independent judgments.
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Separation would likely do more harm than good for congressional Republicans. They need to try to rehabilitate the president's political standing, which will have a large bearing on the size of their seat loss in 2006.
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The energy on cultural issues has been on the side of the conservatives,
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The juxtaposition of the spending cuts and tax cuts can prove really quite damaging to the Republican Party. The more they are held up together, the more difficult it becomes to make the sale for the Republicans.
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The man is amazing. He is obviously strong and hardy and able and intelligent.
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