The use of the word 'plantation' is terribly unwise. It will just reinforce the view most Americans have of Hillary Clinton as being very liberal. |
There is nothing the Democratic leaders can do. It's the Democratic activists who are whining and complaining who could help themselves by shutting their mouths. They're distracting attention away from what the election will be and should be about - the president and Congress. They're just giving the press something to write about. |
There were a lot of ships passing in the night four years ago, and some of them floated into different ponds then. But Republicans are still divided but not as divided as they were in 2001, and Kilgore's made a few inroads. |
There's grim anticipation. They knew this was going to happen; they realized this was only a matter of time. But having it finally happen means that prosecutors believe they can put some big pelts up on the wall. |
There's no room on the agenda, there's no room in Congress and there's no room politically. |
There's no way that someone who's never been in politics is going to defeat Robert Byrd after all this time and with all this seniority. |
There's no way to spin this than anything other than a major defeat for Republicans and for President Bush, ... This is a red state, he came in on Election Eve and he had no discernible effect. ... If anything, he may have cost Kilgore some votes. |
There's no way to spin this than anything other than a major defeat for Republicans and for President Bush. |
There's no way to spin this than anything other than a major defeat for Republicans and for President Bush. This is a red state, he came in on Election Eve and he had no discernible effect. ... If anything, he may have cost Kilgore some votes. |
These areas tend to be home to high-income, highly educated voters who show up at the polls. These are areas that are changing the fastest, have people arriving in enormous numbers, have demands for better schools, better roads - and politicians have to be responsive to them. |
They (Republicans) are doing poorly. |
They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth. The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians. |
They shore up the party base, making sure that the faithful turn out, and they show that they think the races are important, which sometimes they aren't. |
They violated every rule in the book. I've studied feeding frenzies. This is a classic feeding frenzy, and it was created in part by their inability to get the news out. You have to tell the truth, and you need to get the facts out completely as soon as possible. This was a public-relations disaster because they didn't do that. |
They're trying to get the public's attention again and remind them of the arguments that once worked with the public. |