Lee Miringoff
Lee Miringoff
certainly clearly continuing either fight large looks number reluctance terms together treat uphill voters whether white woman
It looks like whether you treat them together or separately, it would certainly be an uphill fight for either of them, and clearly part of that has to do with a continuing reluctance on the part of a large number of American voters to think in terms of a woman in the White House.
answer asked convention drop dropping following huge less means people question votes
The question is often asked when people drop out, what does their endorsement mean? And the answer is, if they had a huge following they wouldn't be dropping out. For rank-and-file voters, it probably means less than if some convention votes come with it.
dynamic factor later name polls tapping
The polls are tapping into name recognition, and that can be a big factor later on if the dynamic doesn't change.
both opportunity problem swing
This is an opportunity for both of them to get back in the swing of things. The problem for both of them is the other one.
audience hear larger suspect thinking
I would suspect we're going to hear about accomplishments but also hear about things that are more for Des Moines (Iowa) and Nashua (N.H.). The larger audience will be the one he's thinking about in the future.
attention generate money race raise talking
Keep in mind, this is going to be a race that is not going to get a lot of attention with rank-and-file Democrats. You are talking about who can raise the money to generate attention for themselves.
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Spitzer's thinking Democratic primary. On the Pataki side, this has to do with his legacy and looking perhaps to take the best from New York and move on.
breathe brought candidates dollars millions name race relief sigh
Clearly, there are other candidates who are going to breathe a sigh of relief that the millions of dollars and the name recognition he would have brought to the race will not be there.
beat bush clinton gotten replaced
Clinton beat a Bush, then was replaced by a Bush who may be replaced by a Clinton. The whole thing has gotten very complicated.
along city divided lines racial
In this strike, the city was divided along racial lines in a way that it has not been in a long time.
bush comments core democratic history presidents spike trying worst
Her comments about Bush being one of the worst presidents in history aren't accidental. She was trying to spike up some of the core Democratic support.
outsider plays stay wants
If he wants to stay in and he wants to have a candidacy and he wants to look like a fighter, then he plays the outsider strategy, which is what he's doing.
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The goals are not incompatible. But first things first. New York is a very blue state and for a primary and general election, putting yourself at that level does nothing to lower his chances by any means ... that becomes part of his contrast with the Democratic and Republican challengers. It widens the stature gap.
background business criticism initial learned merge time
The initial criticism was that this is politics, not business, but he's someone who has learned over time to merge his business background with his politics.