Ross Baker
Ross Baker
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It's a very pointed message in a very public forum to someone about to assume the most important seat on the court, ... Whether he heeds it or not, Roberts can't be indifferent that the Senate is upset about the Supreme Court usurping the functions of Congress, second guessing them, and belittling their reasoning.
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Corzine is seen as being as clean as a hound's tooth. It tarnishes him a little bit, but I don't think it's the kind of thing that will be decisive in the campaign.
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You can have a scintillating personality, a great resume; unless you're sitting on a very healthy treasury, they are going to look elsewhere. It is of critical importance. You can never do it too early. It marks you as a competitor.
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It created a sense of irresoluteness on the part of the administration.
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He obviously has to offer some words of reassuring to people on Medicare who've been baffled by the prescription drug program and encourage them to hang in.
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So long as he is a free man, still a member of the House and participating in the conference, his influence is going to remain considerable.
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She's the original stealth candidate. It was a shrewd choice for Bush. If you can't ram somebody through who's got a higher profile, you do an end run around the opposition.
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One of the things that members strive to do, and in large measure are successful, is to achieve a situation that voters do in fact look at them as people who do good things for the district.
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While the subject matter doesn't have an impact on the daily concerns of people in Ewing Township, chairmanships give you bargaining power with members of other committees. There is a prestige factor involved. You become a part of a select group of House leaders.
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The president may have to do with the State of the Union address something that rarely gets done with State of the Union addresses - and that is to be inspirational.
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It's window dressing for the benefit of social conservatives, ... The president may feel that whatever support he will lose among fiscal conservatives, he will win from conservatives proud of him for bootlegging vouchers in the relief plan.
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It's helpful for a member to be able to embrace a president. If not, they're very much alone.
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It's a very ominous sign for his leadership. Frankly, I'm sort of astonished that it hasn't happened before now, but it's a great tribute to either their loyalty to Tom DeLay or their fear of him.
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The payoffs are enormous. If you pay a lobbyist a few hundred thousand dollars, or even millions of dollars, it's pocket change compared to what you can make with a casino.