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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So each new justice has a major, really a tremendous impact on individual lives, on the exercise of our rights and responsibilities and I think most Americans already know that but they will be reminded in a dramatic fashion during the hearings.
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That's all anyone was talking about this morning. It's the only thing people know about this, and it just made the nominee seem more human and sympathetic.
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It will be studied as one of the big ones -- an example of how a modest mishap goes completely out of control.
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It will be a war between the desire for change and someone completely new and different, and the tendency to pick a stable political figure who won't embarrass the district, again.
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It won't do any harm because no one will remember by November, but it will raise money,... and that's the key.
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The use of the word 'plantation' is terribly unwise. It will just reinforce the view most Americans have of Hillary Clinton as being very liberal.
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They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth. The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians.
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They violated every rule in the book. I've studied feeding frenzies. This is a classic feeding frenzy, and it was created in part by their inability to get the news out. You have to tell the truth, and you need to get the facts out completely as soon as possible. This was a public-relations disaster because they didn't do that.
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There is nothing the Democratic leaders can do. It's the Democratic activists who are whining and complaining who could help themselves by shutting their mouths. They're distracting attention away from what the election will be and should be about - the president and Congress. They're just giving the press something to write about.
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Every American is going to be reminded in these hearings that every vote on the Supreme Court matters enormously. They tend to disagree with one another, they tend to factionalize, so each new justice has a major, really a tremendous impact on individual lives, on the exercise of our rights and our responsibilities.
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Every time we have a new videotape of bin Laden, it reminds people of the administration's argument that (Iraq) is connected to the war on terror, whether it really is or isn't.
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Yes, Virginia voters will approve the amendment when asked, probably handily. After all, it gives them the right to re-elect a governor they like. They can still send packing a governor they dislike.
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At this point, nothing President Bush says is going to have much impact. The only thing that is going to change public opinion is an improvement in the situation on the ground in Iraq.
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Very worried, ... They really are in danger of losing a substantial number of seats in Congress and, more importantly, key governorships in 2006.