“It's not the amount. It's the fact that person has crossed over the line and publicly become associated with the interests of one political party over the other. That's the rub.”
“I remember the conference director said words to the effect that Robertson is one more nutty comment away from becoming irrelevant. Since then, Robertson has made a number of such comments--on China's one-child policy, about wishing for a nuke to take out the State Department building in D.C., among others. It's as though he can't help himself. Oftentimes his comments anger his own supporters the most.”
“It doesn't take much to read between the lines that fear of fallout from a horrific attack is a part of his calculation, ... Understandably, many of us near D.C. find such talk chilling, but he probably has access to intelligence that suggests this should be a real concern.”
“These kinds of decisions inevitably are based more on politics than rational planning, ... If [West Virginia] Sen. [Robert] Byrd could have his way, every department and agency of the federal government would end up in West Virginia. That's how the game is played of course, and certainly, Sen. Warner is no different.”
“That could hurt Gilmore, ... given the fact there is a majority of women voters in this state, a little bit higher than the norm throughout the country.”
“This campaign started with Gore ignoring Bradley and Bradley vowing to run a different kind of campaign. Now it's become personal. These two guys really seem to rub each other the wrong way and it's getting out of hand.”
“This is a particularly competitive race combined with the perception that the stakes are enormously high, and that has instigated all the donating, despite the fact that neither candidate inspires much passion.”
“Much like the Democrats had to rethink their dwindling status when they were running on gun control and abortion every election, you can't just appeal to the core of your electorate.”
