It will help to define him as just another Republican, and that's not good for him in this state. |
It's a long, slow erosion in the support of the war. The civil conflict is certainly weakening support. |
It's got to be tempting to allow yourself to be flattered, buttered-up, helped, given favors and so forth. It's hard to refuse them unless you very consciously recognize that it's one of the permanent ethical challenges of that life. |
It's the best thing he has going for him right now, so he would be crazy not to use it. One of the things that drive presidential approval ratings is the economy. In his case, he hasn't yet reaped full credit for the last couple of years of pretty good economic growth. |
Now it's down in the low 70s. |
One of the ways you do that is by traveling around and helping candidates. |
She is going to need all the help that she can get because it's a solidly Republican district. |
So they can't pretend to be the most vigorous Democrat-basher. They can't blame Democrats for the budget or Cunningham. |
The practice of speaking to an audience outside of the chamber is very old. These people are professional politicians, and they will not be swayed by others' oratory. |
The question was whether he was going to get six years or 10 years. It looks like, to me, that the judge split the difference. Given his age, I don't think it will be a controversial decision. |
There's a lot of competition for a kid's time. You have the Internet. You have video games. Kids are being pulled in a lot of directions, |
They see this as their opportunity. |
This is getting up there in unusual territory. Usually, you don't have that many candidates putting up a lot of money. Usually, there are one or two putting up big money, not six or seven. |
This is one of those rare opportunities with an opening for a safe Republican seat, and (whoever) wins will keep if for a long time, so it's a plum. |