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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adds appearance beginning chaos publicity
This thing is beginning to look more and more like a publicity stunt. It just adds to the appearance of chaos and uncertainty.
ceremonies
Virginians, like the British, did ceremonies very well. No one ever did anything inappropriate.
race reason
Warner is the reason this race is essentially tied,
congress room
There's no room on the agenda, there's no room in Congress and there's no room politically.
came cost defeat election eve major president red spin
There's no way to spin this than anything other than a major defeat for Republicans and for President Bush. This is a red state, he came in on Election Eve and he had no discernible effect. ... If anything, he may have cost Kilgore some votes.
choice national norman obviously
That would make sense. Norman is obviously the national party's choice.
claim issues national whoever wins
Whoever wins will take their issues and claim they're national in scope, ... even if it isn't true.
follow good voters within
It does follow a pattern. Voters want good government, but they also want it within their ideological framework.
accepted bush bushes campaign fact house meaningful white
It does say that the Bushes and the Bush White House have accepted the fact that she is going to be the party's nominee. It's a little perk, but a very meaningful one in a campaign season.
break broken cabinet cited future sure
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.
address fourth happening happy numbers people third time
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.
ended feeding frenzy
Whittington may very well have ended the feeding frenzy - big time.
attention bush congress controls leadership longer mark party pay people public time
It demonstrated to the public for the first time that Bush no longer controls his own party in Congress. That's a mark of leadership that people do pay attention to.
cause feels next obligated problems
It does cause problems for successors. Then the next person feels obligated to do the same thing.