Celinda Lake
Celinda Lake
Celinda Lake is a pollster and political strategist for the Democratic Party in the United States of America...
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If the Democrats are smart, they will play this thing until it's completely overhauled.
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You can't elect a Democratic dog catcher without a majority of women. There's not a Democratic winner out there that can say he won without the majority of the woman vote.
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I've been involved in politics for as long as I can remember.
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As part of probably the strongest working team that's existed in decades as president and vice president --Al Gore has not been a ceremonial vice president-- and I think he's going to pick a working partner,
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The mood of the public and the errors of the administration really open up tremendous opportunities.
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The conventional wisdom was that Katrina was catalytic to these attitudes about poverty, ... But these attitudes were evident before Katrina.
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It's going to be about what did you do since you voted for the war.
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You don't want to send George Bush back his team.
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They're not red or blue. Women are purple. Eighty percent of women agree on 80 percent of things.
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In this window where people are raising significant questions about Katrina preparation, about port security, there is an opportunity here for Democrats to be quite aggressive on addressing national and homeland security.
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For national Republicans, this 2006 race is really about the presidency, but I don't think that's the case for the people of New York. Clinton is so popular that Pirro can't say, 'She hasn't done a great job for New York.' The only thing you can say is, 'She can't continue doing a great job forever.' Talking about 2008 will help with fund-raising, but it's a pretty weak political argument.
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Women leaders, no matter what party, tend to introduce more leadership around such things as domestic violence and other priorities.
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Listen to the women. Women say exactly what they want. Who has concrete plans - not macroeconomics but kitchen table economics. Who will change the situation for their families, and help restore the middle class. Women are also sick to death of having their bodies and their lives treated as a political football.
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Talking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules.