Other states have an advantage in recruiting businesses, they say, since they can give hope of stability to the business executives compared to Virginia, whose system guarantees unknown change every four years. |
People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster. |
People can see all around him what he's produced for West Virginia. It's hard to travel through West Virginia without seeing the 'Byrd' this and the 'Byrd' that. |
People don't react to all these things like they are inside the Beltway. |
People in that district will be looking for a change and a way to show with their votes they want to move in a new direction after Cunningham. |
Personal friendships are difficult to sustain in circumstances like this. In a clash between the personal and the political, the political tends to dominate at this level of politics. My guess is, they're probably cordial, but their real friendship is suspended until this is resolved or maybe until they're no longer in their current positions. |
President Bush is stubborn, and he doesn't like change. He likes a stable home environment. |
Rarely do you have a governor who's already been U.N. ambassador and energy secretary as well as congressman. I mean he really does have a very rich resume. This just underlines it for Democratic primary and caucus voters, |
Rendell is not just another governor. He's already been a national figure. He has been (Democratic National Committee) chairman, and he knows the movers and shakers and donors in all 50 states. |
Republicans are in trouble, no mistake. But we are a long way as yet from conditions that would lead to a Democratic takeover of the House and Senate. |
Republicans have to demonstrate that they are taking this scandal seriously, that they have learned from it and are reforming the system on their own. |
Right now, more than 10 months before the mid-term election, Democrats have a good chance of gaining seats in both houses of Congress. |
Say anything. Even something mildly critical would have no doubt helped in his primary. |
She has been in six months, and she has already had more controversies than the average congressperson does in a career. You never bet against an incumbent. But I tell you, in her case I wouldn't bet more than a nickel on her. |
She is bound to cost Republicans some votes in some places. |