[When other hot issues fade,] the first thing that pops back up is concern about Iraq, ... Iraq is fundamental to the political debate in 2006. People are going to focus on and want to know: Where are we going and what's the plan? |
After Clinton, it's much more difficult to paint Democrats as squishy on those issues. |
All these [results] suggest unstable days ahead in the Republican caucus. |
Health care costs are a huge deal. It's pretty clear what people are telling you about what they think the filters are for how they view the economy. |
His standing to prosecute that case has been made more difficult, |
I can credibly tell you that I believe there was more of a structure Tuesday night that was relatively stable, and that's comforting, |
I can credibly tell you that I believe there was more of a structure Tuesday night that was relatively stable, and that's comforting. |
If you look at what else we'd be fighting about, the President would be on pretty comfortable terrain. Iraq is obviously enveloping this presidency. |
It is a very difficult place to be. |
It may have done just the opposite. |
McCain doesn't have the biggest chunk of territory in this race, but he has the most important chunk, and that's who's left to vote, that's the swing voters. |
quicker than people imagine, the public reaction will be: He's lost, it's time to tie this up. |
Roughly one out of three people say that the country is on the wrong track, and the reason they give is the Iraq war. How will that situation be changed unless Iraq is resolved in the next few months? So the White House can do all the good things they're doing with renewable energy and health care and all their other initiatives, but that doesn't move that chunk of people with very hardened attitudes. |
That's how [Democrats] would like this election defined. It is hard for me to believe that a congressional majority would be so flat-footed as to allow that to happen. |
The fact that Bush is maintaining 80 to 84 percent approval of Republicans even in these very difficult times I think is a terrific story. |