Jennifer Duffy
Jennifer Duffy
democrats divert expensive gets jersey might money national prefer problem race resources spend state
The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.
favors gets hope race
When this (the presidential) race gets under way, favors will be cashed in and collected, ... They'll hope the favors they did are returned.
campaign candidate difficult insists manager race ship team
This race is more than uphill. At this point, for a team to come in and try to right the ship is going to be very tough. It's going to be difficult as long as the candidate insists on being the candidate, the campaign manager and the strategist.
consider race until viable
Until you get a viable opponent, ... I consider it a third-tier race.
against hear kinds marquee people race rick running stories telling
This is the marquee race in 2006. We hear all kinds of stories of people who are telling donors, 'Hey, he's not with you on all the issues, but he's running against Rick Santorum.
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.
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.
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.
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.