Floyd Ciruli
Floyd Ciruli
faction individual large nomination winning
You can get a nomination and the individual winning is unacceptable to a large faction of the party. That's a problem.
magic win
Even if it was close, it would go down as a win for the mayor. He still has the magic touch.
economic fact job marc obviously provider running
Marc is running on the fact that he's a job provider and that he's going to provide economic development. Obviously this is something he'll have to explain.
against cabinet drawing felt job pressure
Fundamentally, he was two years out of sync. He felt pressure to keep working on the job and drawing his Cabinet together. There was too much weighing against it.
angry democrats district feeling general voters
My feeling is the Democrats in the 2nd Congressional District and a lot of voters in general are not going to be angry that Udall has done that.
attributes less partisan seat strong thinking
Udall has two attributes that we look for when we're thinking about what makes a seat much less competitive: He's a well established incumbent, and he has a strong partisan advantage.
bipartisan dominate honeymoon mayor ran
I told him that if he ran (for governor) his bipartisan honeymoon as mayor would come to an end and partisanship would dominate quickly.
election
They're going into this election without their standard-bearer.
drinking joke less ounce shift shot sitting
Our joke sitting there was that his drinking less than an ounce would shift to a shot and a beer.
chance clearly democrats win
I would say that the 7th right now is clearly the nation's most competitive seat, with the Democrats having a clear chance to win it.
case credible damaging party
He has to make a credible case that what he's doing isn't damaging the party but, rather, reinvigorating it.
bill decade dominated ending era last term
The last decade was dominated by Bill Owens. The Owens era is ending because of term limits.
appears holy mother wing
He's the Holy Mother Church. He appears unacceptable to a big wing of the party.
appears land lay
The lay of the land appears very amenable to close, hard-fought campaigns.