John Greene
John Greene
basic behave charge common expects god happy people
The basic idea that God is in charge and he expects people to behave and he isn't happy when they don't - that's a very common idea.
active basic budget concern cuts poor preventing vocal
The basic concern about the poor and preventing budget cuts is not a new concern. They're just more vocal and active about it than they have been in a long time.
accuse democratic difficult nominee religious
It makes it more difficult for religious conservatives to accuse the Democratic nominee of being Godless.
It may go away after this year, but long-term this topic's going to be with us for many years to come.
both figure kids nice people seems teach
It's like they're saying, 'Some people see it this way, some see it that way, so just teach it all and let the kids figure it out.' It seems like a nice compromise, but it infuriates both the creationists and the scientists,
They did not play well and the 'chemistry' was missing.
handicap hard likely perhaps plurality race relatively small won
It is very hard to handicap this kind of race because it is likely to be won by just a plurality of the vote. And perhaps a relatively small plurality at that.
associated commonly party seen values
We've seen each party try to invoke the values most commonly associated with the other party,
bad line second
We didn't want the second line because that is as bad as being off a 10m handicap.
assuming center executive goal group intend leadership meeting position target
When the new executive meeting center is complete, we intend to more aggressively target group business, with a goal of assuming a leadership position in this area.
hope opens strengths tie win
What he can hope for is to just play even with the president, minimizing Bush's strengths in some of those areas, but if he does play to tie that opens up the possibility that he can win on the economy.
becoming debate directly marriage people religion religious simply states tend topics united view
Traditionally religious people in the United States tend to have a traditional view of marriage and that comes very directly from the Old and New Testament. You simply can't have a debate about these topics without religion becoming part of the debate.
alienate base both bush camp either hard middle reach voters ways
We'll see Bush charging up his base, but in ways that won't alienate other folks. It's hard to do both things. But there are not enough base voters in either camp to win, so they need to reach out to the middle and poach the other guy's turf.
abortion add table
A lot of Republicans think there's enough controversy on the table anyway, without having to add the abortion issue.