“It required each of them getting comfortable with the other, ... My sense was that the political problem was perceived more from the outside of the relationship than from the inside.”
“He said he would come into office with a bipartisan attitude, and this nomination speaks to that kind of approach, ... I don't think his liberal base will desert him, and it helps with the middle of the electorate. His base is as much among the moderate wing of the Republican Party as among independents.”
“It took each of them a little while to get used to the other and in the end this was inevitable. I don't think the governor was taken by the pressure one way or the other. I think the governor was not going to be rushed. He was going to do this on his own time.”
“When you tell people at a convention that you're from New Hampshire, they tend to hold on to your hand a little longer and look into your eyes a little deeper, ... But beyond that, there was no overt, 'Are you with me if I go?'”
“[McCain sought his party's nomination in 2000. And during this year's Republican convention he drew quite an audience of Granite State delegates.] We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain, ... And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.”
