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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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.
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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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It's an unadulterated plus for his career. It's attention to an obscure senator who otherwise never would have stood out.
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They're trying to get the public's attention again and remind them of the arguments that once worked with the public.
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What has this session of Congress accomplished? I'm sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.
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Very few of them have that much energy. He had his hand in everything. He was interested in everything. That's a governor making the most out of a term.
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When you're worth a couple hundred million it's less of a problem than most people.
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When you've got this many people maneuvering, it eliminates the period of governing that used to be guaranteed between elections.
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The only thing I take from this poll and the two previous ones is that the race is as tight as a tick. It can go either way.
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Other states have an advantage in recruiting businesses, they say, since they can give hope of stability to the business executives compared to Virginia, whose system guarantees unknown change every four years.
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Rendell is not just another governor. He's already been a national figure. He has been (Democratic National Committee) chairman, and he knows the movers and shakers and donors in all 50 states.
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President Bush is stubborn, and he doesn't like change. He likes a stable home environment.
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It does follow a pattern. Voters want good government, but they also want it within their ideological framework.
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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.