Because of the relatively narrow margins that divide the parties, moderates can still broker deals that have a great moderating influence on issues form tax cuts to judicial fights. |
In 1988, all Republicans ran as heirs to (President Ronald) Reagan. It's becoming increasingly unlikely that candidates in 2008 will be running as heirs to Bush. |
It's like an arms race. Once it's engaged, you have to match the other side. |
Privatization is at best in hibernation, and at worst awaiting a second Bush term, if there is one. But it's just not going to happen during 2002, which is an election year, and while we may be recovering from a recession, or still in one. |
Republicans are in a deep funk. They're going to have to send out doses of Prozac in the (Republican National Committee) direct-mail pieces. |
So far this is a lose-lose issue for the Republican Party. It has both alienated their base and many in the Latino community. |
That romance was over before it started. |
The last thing you needed was a Martha Stewart problem. He doesn't even have a good clothing line or a popular television show. |
The major impact of Sept. 11 on privatization is the disappearance of the Social Security surplus, ... Before the attacks, it was questionable whether we had enough money available to pay for the transition to privatization. This makes the issue even more difficult. |
The moderate instinct is that the country is in crisis, and we have to find some degree of reconciliation and unity in the interests of the nation. |
The overall problem the Republican Party has is it is increasingly looking like Tammany Hall, ... An odor of sleaziness is enveloping the Republicans and seeping into the administration. |
The overall problem the Republican Party has is it is increasingly looking like Tammany Hall. An odor of sleaziness is enveloping the Republicans and seeping into the administration. |
This splits the Republican coalition. It's only because social conservatives view other issues as more important that they have been able to overlook this transgression. |
Tom DeLay was the embodiment of the Republican ascendancy, and now its precarious situation. He embodied the idea of a movement that came to do good and limit government and ended up dong very well in the corruption of perks and power. |