Jennifer Duffy
Jennifer Duffy
friends-or-friendship giving helping winning
It was a factor. Winning friends by helping them out, giving them money, is always a big deal.
anybody debate god help
God help anybody who has to debate with Byrd.
polls swayed terribly
I'm not terribly swayed by polls at this point.
joy leadership lets money race
The joy of being in congressional leadership and never having a competitive race is it lets you keep stuffing money in the bank.
joy state
The joy of being a battleground state is that you get presidential hopefuls in 2006.
bush means says trend virginia wins
The trend in Virginia has merit. It says more if Kilgore wins because it means Bush wasn't the albatross everyone predicted.
bush means says trend virginia wins
The trend in Virginia has merit, ... It says more if Kilgore wins because it means Bush wasn't the albatross everyone predicted.
bad environment poor recruiting
Is it poor recruiting or a bad environment? Probably both.
standard talked
They all talked about it. It was a standard part of their pitch.
bottom democrats line pick question
The bottom line is, Democrats will pick up seats. The question is how many.
according burns buying defense last poll released seem strong voters
Burns has mounted a pretty strong defense of himself, but according to a poll released last week, voters don't seem to be buying it.
boost close contest democrats efforts giving pick replace seats sure
Lott's re-election is something close to a sure thing, but if he had vacated his seat, the contest to replace him would have been very competitive, giving Democrats a boost in their efforts to pick up seats in November.
hang rejection
So far, there's nothing to hang a rejection on.
although build campaign database deny donors sure wants
She wants to build a database of donors she could use in a presidential run, although I'm sure her campaign will deny that.