Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
Larry Joseph Sabatois an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation. The Center for Politics is also responsible for the publication of Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections...
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Usually this happens after the mid-term election of the second term -- during the start of the seventh year of an eight-year presidency.
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Whoever wins will take their issues and claim they're national in scope, ... even if it isn't true.
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You can be sure this will be cited in future years when other Cabinet nominees are not confirmed. Once you break the taboo, it's broken for all time.
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Will this work? Sure, but when he temporarily has to address other issues, his numbers go back down. That's why he's going to have to do it a third time and a fourth time because fundamentally people are not happy with what's happening in Iraq.
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Whittington may very well have ended the feeding frenzy - big time.
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We can always go too far, and frequently do. Is it a harbinger? Who knows. But it's unadulterated bad news for Bush and the Republican Party and great news for Democrats as they attempt to make a comeback in 2006.
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Most seats in Congress are relatively safe this year. But they are not safe from a tsunami.
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I think they have to do something prior to November 2006, to show they understand they have overspent and are determined to do something about it.
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Here's why this hurts: It reminds people again that the intelligence was bad and we're in Iraq without end for some of the wrong reasons, and that's at the heart of his 36 percent.
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The amazing thing is that they have permitted their consultants to run a vicious and nasty race,
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The American people have turned against the war, and they're not turning back.
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That would make sense. Norman is obviously the national party's choice.
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He bottomed out on Iraq even before Cindy Sheehan's protest started. Look at the poll numbers, Americans have been increasingly disaffected.
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I doubt that they will every be as unanimous as they once were.