In some ways there's a real desire to get out of it because you don't want to be saddled with a loss, but if you leave now it's like opting out of the battlefield in the middle of the war and there may be some backlash. |
It was very significant two years ago when Greenspan endorsed the first Bush tax cut plan. So his basically lukewarm attitude now, saying that some of these ideas are good things in principle, but not at the expense of large deficits, has to weigh heavily on those moderate Republicans. |
It would have gone past us as just one of those moments where each side was teeing off against the other. But that event punctuated things, and I do think it made a difference in the coverage of the hearings. |
It's a disaster for DeLay. They've not only formally started the process, but this is a public petition. |
It's a self-perpetuating system involving interests, members of Congress, people in the executive branch and patronage positions and so on. |
It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near ... Perhaps the best thing they have going for them is that Democrats really don't have much skill at turning these issues their way. |
It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near. |
It's the most expansive vision of the executive power of a president in our lifetime. To suggest that (Congress has) given him a blanket authority to do what he has done is a vast stretch. |
Let's face it. When you're the governor of New York and even mentioned as a presidential candidate, you're going to be under an enormous microscope. |
Lobbying is in the DNA of the political process ... and you're never going to get around human nature. So you can't legislate perfection here, but it's very clear that we've gotten lax, and there's an awful lot of money and politics in Washington. |
Lots of members have been appalled at the kind of Gilded Age mentality of the party. Others felt like they had to take one for the team. |
My understanding is that now, after taking soundings, he's thinking about running for leader. |
President Bush right now is in a very serious case of second-term blues. It may be the avian flu of second-term blues. |
President Bush right now is in the midst of a very severe case of second-term blues. |
Some members are pulling the blanket over their heads and hoping the storm will pass. For others, there is also a genuine belief that if you just jump in a spasm of reaction, you could do some things detrimental to a good deliberative process. |