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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Voters tend not to fire someone unless they've done something wrong.
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It's the bigger picture that continues to wear down Bush's approval rating on Iraq, and voter frustration with Iraq.
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I think you still have a problem here when you're going and you're looking not just that Trump is winning, but he's winning in a broad swath of voters. It's not just that he's got this one lane, oh, he only wins when there's low turnout, he only wins when conservatives, he only wins in these kinds of states. He wins enough across a broad array.
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If voters are upset about $3 gas and healthcare costs, they're ripe for a message that emphasizes fiscal discipline.
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Certainly things have changed in the last 20 years in voters' perceptions whether women can do the job. But there's still an inherent nervousness on the part of voters to put women in as the ultimate decision-maker. Control of the National Guard and border security, those sorts of traditionally male jobs that's where I think voters consciously or unconsciously have difficulties with women candidates.
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It would be a big distraction because then you admit there is something wrong that goes beyond Tom DeLay.
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Cuellar has some vulnerabilities with his voting record. But I just don't think Ciro is doing everything to make this as competitive as it could be.
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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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It does feel like we've seen this movie three or four times.
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Getting the president of the United States brings you more money than any other political fundraiser.
She still has a story that is powerful.
She (Musgrave) should have done a lot better in 2004.
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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.