a chorus of 'the sky is falling.' |
After the Democratic nominee is all but certain in the late winter/early spring, it would not be surprising for us to fall behind for a bit, |
All of that makes it harder on the Democrats. That's a benefit we have that we never had before. |
Among swing voters, they don't care about the party labels. They want things solved. |
As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day. |
bad news for the Bush team and declared 'the sky is falling' once again. |
Democrats have a problem if they go one way and don't emphasize the rule of law and only have compassion. The Republicans have a problem if they only go with the rule of law. There has to be a balance. |
Every incumbent president in the last 25 years has been behind the opposition in the latter part of his first term -- the sky is not falling. |
Feingold represents the largest share of the Democratic base and how they feel about this issue. |
Former President Bush's approval on the economy at this same time in 1991 was 28 percent and fell to the mid-teens in 1992. |
It reminds me of what (Howard) Dean did . . . knowing the intensity of the Democratic base on Bush, that whoever took on Bush directly in a vociferous way was going to get a big bump. |
It shows the public rewards leaders. If you lead and say 'this is what we want to do,' even if you don't succeed in the short run, the public will support you. The public supports infrastructure improvements and they see the governor leading. |
It's the first time all the candidates will be judged in comparison to others, so they need to be cognizant of people beginning to see this as a choice. |
Michigan is one of the opportunities -- and there's not a lot of them when overall the numbers don't look good. |
moderate buy that will get the message through. |