Charlie Cook
Charlie Cook
Charles Edward Cook, Jr., known as Charlie Cook, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 November 1953
few jump points settling
Usually you jump up a little bit, then there's a settling back down of a few points after that,
came horrible move problems risky
They know they have horrible problems and they came up with the least risky move they could make.
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The visuals coming out of Hurricane Katrina suddenly took issues he was pushing and put them front and center,
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Those who landed in Rhode Island or Utah, I doubt will stay, ... But those in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Dallas or Houston are more likely to stay because it is not such an alien culture. And of those who come back, what will the mix be? More African-Americans? More whites? You could argue either way.
gone swagger white
The swagger is gone from this White House.
bit curve ebb louisiana power sort top
Right now Mississippi is at the top ebb of the sort of power curve and Louisiana is in a bit of a slump.
discipline execution exemplary term
The exemplary focus, discipline and execution that was so prevalent during (Bush's) first term is sorely lacking.
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The president has to go on national television and tread water for an hour, while trying to make it look he's swimming the butterfly stroke.
create easiest space
The quickest, simplest, easiest thing a home-owner can do is to create a defensible space around their home.
looks playing president
The president looks terrible. The administration is kind of playing catch-up now.
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It can't hurt the president to remove himself from the current context of scandals, miscues and partisanship and put him in a statesman setting.
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I think the leadership conference will be the first major cattle show before the 2008 election, and it should be pretty much mandatory attendance for any candidate seeking election in 2008.
bad ball defensive felt
I felt bad about the fumble. I didn't see a defensive back come up from the side, and he got the ball out of there.
blow goes issue obviously signature
He'll be a force, but obviously it will be a blow if his signature issue goes down in flame.