[Democratic manager Bill Carrick can find no escape route from Davis' budget crisis:] Every option he has now is bad. Whatever you propose to do, voters do not like. ... Do you invite him to appear on the platform with your candidate? Do you use him to raise money? Does the nominee risk appointing, or rejecting, the governor to be the campaign's state chairman? |
All these years, you've been filling in your diaries saying you've been watching 'Masterpiece Theatre,' ... Now they know you're watching 'Desperate Housewives.' |
Bush has done pretty well on the day-to-day parts. |
Gore is still in pretty good position for the primaries. But people are still fretting about his general election numbers. |
He's in some ways a laid back guy. The challenge is you're on this big stage, so there's a lot of people that want to be inspired. They want to be motivated. Passion is a valuable asset in politics. |
I think (Clinton) represents probably a point of view shared by most Americans, |
I think it gets to the point where the question is whether he has any effectiveness as a governor. This guy is the governor of California and what's he doing? |
I think they ought to move to South Carolina, some place where you can sell that stuff, ... Union bashing has never worked in California. |
I think you can argue it either way. If you're releasing your tax returns, at least you're controlling the timing. |
The administration has presided over a real good period of economic prosperity and has not made any wrong moves. What swing voters are looking for in political leadership is people who don't make mistakes. |
The Democrats are driving by the accident, and they're looking out the window wondering what's going on. |
The idea that by passing term limits, you could eliminate politicians from running for office was extraordinarily naive. |
They do not like Bush here. It's another connection. It makes it harder for Arnold to run away from being a Bush Republican. |
This is one of the biggest cultural divides in the Republican Party. |
This isn't going to be a sequel. This is a new environment for Bush to try that message with. Democrats should engage and don't look like they are rolling over here. |