He was frustrated. I don’t know whether he remembers or not, but he was very frustrated for a long while. He really wanted to be a success, and nothing was coming together for him. [People...

Every time we have a new videotape of bin Laden, it reminds people of the administration’s argument that (Iraq) is connected to the war on terror, whether it really is or isn’t.

I don’t think they have the ability to work it all out together, because there are too many other key players in the legislature, much less the executive branch.

They’re watching, … Warner has the responsibility as party leader to come up with someone who can give Allen a run for his money so Allen has to spend down the millions he’s accumulating for...

He doesn’t instinctively know what he should do in these circumstances.

Usually this happens after the mid-term election of the second term — during the start of the seventh year of an eight-year presidency.

In another state, this could be devastating and could mean instant defeat. In New Jersey, it will take more than this.

Rarely do you have a governor who’s already been U.N. ambassador and energy secretary as well as congressman. I mean he really does have a very rich resume. This just underlines it for Democratic primary...

The people running for governor or senator or president have been among society’s winners. To get to that point, they always believe they can beat the odds because they’ve done that before.

Every American is going to be reminded in these hearings that every vote on the Supreme Court matters enormously. They tend to disagree with one another, they tend to factionalize, so each new justice has...

It’s awfully tough to attack someone who’s served and sacrificed as much as she has.

Democrats certainly have no intention of backing him, and the Republicans at least many of the Republicans sense that he is walking wounded or walking dead.

He?s facing a potentially divisive primary, and most of the criticism he?s taking is from Democrats. He?s sided with Bush as much as he can. Iraq is enough. And he?s got to go out of...

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.

I can guarantee you that the parties are going to absolutely flood that district with money.

It is a constant struggle for most public officials between representing average constituents and taking care of the interest groups and wealthy individuals who fund the campaigns.

Since Vietnam, the Democratic Party has been viewed as the weaker on national security issues. Who better to make the case than veterans of the war? It’s hard to accuse them of a lack of...

It’s almost been contempt of Congress — not legal contempt of Congress, but contempt of Congress by baseball, … They’re going to find out what real power is, and it has nothing to do with...

Rendell is not just another governor. He’s already been a national figure. He has been (Democratic National Committee) chairman, and he knows the movers and shakers and donors in all 50 states.

He’s radiating confidence; it may even be bravado, … He was thinking ahead. This could have been a very damaging photo. Instead I think most people will look at this and chuckle.

Very few of them have that much energy. He had his hand in everything. He was interested in everything. That’s a governor making the most out of a term.

Since 9-11, Bush’s consistent political advantage has been the public’s confidence in him to handle the terrorist threat. The Iraq war has weakened Bush’s edge, and now the Dubai ports misstep may destroy it. This...

It won’t do any harm because no one will remember by November, but it will raise money,… and that’s the key.

If the people of Louisiana are lucky, both the governor and the mayor will appoint personal representatives who will work with one another, … In other words, they can get the bad blood out of...

This is Kaine’s debate. It’s Kaine’s audience. It’s probably Kaine’s region, … one of the most one-sided debates I’ve ever seen.

Is he running purely because of personal ambition, or is he the head of a movement? … We remember the heads of movements.

The amazing thing is that they have permitted their consultants to run a vicious and nasty race,

[Republicans are] probably looking at the ’06 elections and saying, ‘How can we respond to the tsunami that’s coming?’ … Without an energized base, they’re sunk.

McCain has been playing a double high-wire act.

At this point, nothing President Bush says is going to have much impact. The only thing that is going to change public opinion is an improvement in the situation on the ground in Iraq.

This is both a substantive and a stylistic problem for Bush. Stylistically, he needs to convince people that he is in charge now and he gets it now .

Absolutely, … The Republican campaign in Virginia will tell you that, at least privately. The president chose to nationalize that election by showing up on election eve. You don’t want to do that unless you...

But his greatest problem is that it is hard to see him as offering voters anything other than George W. Bush’s third term. And even Bush Republicans realize that the American people don’t want that.

It does cause problems for successors. Then the next person feels obligated to do the same thing.

It’s a show. Maybe in the beginning of a presidency it matters, maybe after something like 9/11 it matters, but generally speaking, it’s more of the same.

It’s good news for Tester and it’s good news for Burns.

[National Security] is an advantage for Republicans, it’s just that the advantage has been reduced somewhat due to the war in Iraq and the eavesdropping issue.

Most of these people have done well because of their connection with DeLay, and DeLay has actively tried to place them in key positions knowing that it would help him and the Republicans in Congress,...

He starts out as a clear favorite, and he’ll be a heavy favorite if the congresswoman doesn’t run again him,

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.

When you’re worth a couple hundred million it’s less of a problem than most people.

I don’t think it’s restricted to the odd, occasional, off-year location election. This is a way of life in some of those communities.

This is going to be a very expensive race between an incumbent and a quasi-incumbent.

Only the activists, liberal and conservative, will remember this vote.

The loser will have millions of people nursing that grievance for four years, and that will prove invaluable.

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.

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.