Amy Walter
Amy Walter
Amy Walter is an American political analyst, currently serving as national editor of The Cook Political Report. Before this, she served as the political director of ABC News, based in Washington, DC...
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We asked for the criticism, we welcome it, and we'll take it under consideration as we move towards implementation. We think that's good government, and we're confident the public will agree.
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We don't believe any passenger information has been compromised.
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We will be testing the agency's ability to deploy a variety of resources to quickly and effectively raise the bar of security in any mode of transportation anywhere in the country.
She still has a story that is powerful.
She (Musgrave) should have done a lot better in 2004.
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It does feel like we've seen this movie three or four times.
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It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.
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Many folks are very nervous about their own election prospects; they're going to want to spend as much time as possible back home doing the kind of spade work that needs to be done before a big election, and they also want to minimize any sort of exposure in Washington.
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Getting the president of the United States brings you more money than any other political fundraiser.
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Kerry's focus and his message has really been middle class, middle America, 'I'm standing up for the little guy' and middle class investors respond to that, but that raises the question of how do you go back and talk to the business community after that.
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We estimate it takes three to five minutes for that secondary screening. We're hopeful that will help reduce the lines overall.
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You are going to be inundated with national media and interest groups. This is not going to be a quiet, local election.
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Voters tend not to fire someone unless they've done something wrong.
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Today, obviously, there's a real chance that this story goes beyond just the next couple weeks, and into the 2006 election.