We can always go too far, and frequently do. Is it a harbinger? Who knows. But it’s unadulterated bad news for Bush and the Republican Party and great news for Democrats as they attempt to...

Can he attract the 90-percenters? Or will they drift to someone else with a better chance of winning?

The Bush administration simply cannot let this happen. They have to stop this one way or the other. It would make a mockery of much of what President Bush has about our creation of a...

It could have an effect, … It will certainly make it more difficult to reach a consensus on immigration.

He bottomed out on Iraq even before Cindy Sheehan’s protest started. Look at the poll numbers, Americans have been increasingly disaffected.

That would make sense. Norman is obviously the national party’s choice.

This is a classic one.

That is a major problem for President Bush and the Republicans. The Democrats are bound to benefit from it in the mid-term elections of 2006. The question is, to what degree?

When you’ve got this many people maneuvering, it eliminates the period of governing that used to be guaranteed between elections.

Say anything. Even something mildly critical would have no doubt helped in his primary.

He continues to do it because when he gives a series of high-profile speeches, his numbers go up, but as soon as he shifts focus, the numbers return to a lower level.

The national media will talk about (national problems) because it’s something that everyone in all 50 states can understand, but the reality is these are minor factors. These are local races. … The issues tend...

For Bush, it’s a manmade political disaster on top of a natural disaster. The Bush administration could not have done much worse, it really couldn’t. They appeared detached and slow to realize the seriousness of...

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...

It’s completely transparent that he’s testing the waters and would very much like to run. He’s wanted to run for president for years, and 2008 may be the best opportunity he has.

The gap could shrink but I doubt very seriously they will eliminate it.

If you end up separating yourself from the president of your party, you are going to turn off a certain number of partisans.

I doubt that they will every be as unanimous as they once were.

It’s the first time we have seen it since Bush became president.

A majority of Americans living today, a surprisingly small majority because of the large youthful population, still remembers Watergate. And when we hear the word eavesdropping, those of us who lived during Watergate, we think...

It does follow a pattern. Voters want good government, but they also want it within their ideological framework.

Very worried, … They really are in danger of losing a substantial number of seats in Congress and, more importantly, key governorships in 2006.

It splits his base, and it will be endless trouble for him if it goes forward, and I’m sure he won’t let it happen.

He’s come across as a Giuliani-type leader. He’s risen to the challenge and he clearly has the leadership gene.

Clearly, Americans love golden oldies, but this golden oldie will have much more difficulty hitting the charts this time around.

Expect this protracted race to get down and dirty, with both parties yet again spending freely in Southern Indiana media markets.

They’re trying to get the public’s attention again and remind them of the arguments that once worked with the public.

He learned that you have to play ball. You have to serve the caucus and the leadership. And one of the primary ways to do that is to raise money for the caucus and help...

It’s very likely that Virginia will eventually adopt the two-term governorship. But it won’t be in the next few years, as far as I can tell.

They (Republicans) are doing poorly.

There’s no room on the agenda, there’s no room in Congress and there’s no room politically.

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...

It’s a conservative district, but not hard right. I happen to think a Republican will win eventually, but this could be interesting. Francine Busby could end up doing better than anybody expected.

Warner is the reason this race is essentially tied,

Most seats in Congress are relatively safe this year. But they are not safe from a tsunami. Iraq, plus economic problems, plus these scandals, could produce a tsunami. That’s what every incumbent on Capitol Hill...

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...

She is bound to cost Republicans some votes in some places.

It’s a matter of getting people excited and out to vote. Whether the Congress passes a lot of legislation is a separate issue. . . . They can get the electoral issues done just by...

Democrats understand that if they are going to win in 2008, they have got to select reasonable candidates who can match the Republicans in experience on foreign policy and the war on terror. They have...

He is obviously a single-issue candidate, and they do not do terribly well in the presidential process.

The American people have turned against the war, and they’re not turning back.

This is a case where the Bush administration doesn’t need to spell out what they did and why they did it. It’s as plain as a wart on the nose of a Miss America. Any...

That’s not quite what the critics had in mind. This is minimal change.

At a certain point, you have to accept reality, and it’s an impressive reality. It should have been a blow-away. It wasn’t just any congressional race – it was a race during Bush’s summer of...

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,

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...

This thing is beginning to look more and more like a publicity stunt. It just adds to the appearance of chaos and uncertainty.

The Congress reads the polls; they know that the president is not where he was once and they’re on the ballot next November.

It will be studied as one of the big ones — an example of how a modest mishap goes completely out of control.

What has this session of Congress accomplished? I’m sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.