If Warner can't swing the election to his own lieutenant governor with a popularity rating of 75 percent, then Democrats have the right to ask, 'Can this guy really swing any Southern states or was this a fluke? |
If Warner doesn't find a strong candidate, he'll be held to account by national Democratic activists who vote in Iowa and New Hampshire. |
If you end up separating yourself from the president of your party, you are going to turn off a certain number of partisans. |
If you look at the polls carefully, they show that Americans are disaffected with the Bush administration policy in Iraq, but have very little confidence in the Democrats on that score either. |
In another state, this could be devastating and could mean instant defeat. In New Jersey, it will take more than this. |
In order to be nominated and elected, she has to try to demonstrate that she actually does have appeal in red states, and that she's more moderate than people think. |
In Virginia, the press was very curious about Wilder from Day One, and the connection they used to report it was the use of a state helicopter, |
Is he running purely because of personal ambition, or is he the head of a movement? ... We remember the heads of movements. |
Is it possible that he can come back? Sure. There have been some tremendous and significant rebounds in American history and this would be one of them. |
It could have an effect, ... It will certainly make it more difficult to reach a consensus on immigration. |
It demonstrated to the public for the first time that Bush no longer controls his own party in Congress. That's a mark of leadership that people do pay attention to. |
It does cause problems for successors. Then the next person feels obligated to do the same thing. |
It does follow a pattern. Voters want good government, but they also want it within their ideological framework. |
It does say that the Bushes and the Bush White House have accepted the fact that she is going to be the party's nominee. It's a little perk, but a very meaningful one in a campaign season. |
It has been about 100 different issues. |