Charlie Cook
Charlie Cook
Charles Edward Cook, Jr., known as Charlie Cook, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 November 1953
sea sight forever
Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.
articulate danger democrats looking people powerless sort
I think people have a sense that right now Democrats are completely powerless in Washington, that they're just sort of bystanders. But there's a danger of Democrats' looking always like they are carping. It's important for them to articulate some kind of vision.
gone swagger white
The swagger is gone from this White House.
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I think the leadership conference will be the first major cattle show before the 2008 election, and it should be pretty much mandatory attendance for any candidate seeking election in 2008.
blow goes issue obviously signature
He'll be a force, but obviously it will be a blow if his signature issue goes down in flame.
handling last strength
The last vestiges of the strength he got from his handling of 9/11 are gone.
faster improvement playing seen using
Playing at this level, it's ... a much faster game, and I've seen improvement (in my game). They've been on me about my play defensively down low, and I've made improvements there, and they're using me on the penalty-kill more and more.
looks playing president
The president looks terrible. The administration is kind of playing catch-up now.
nature roots where-you-live
Your deepest roots are in nature. No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation.
exactly-is hiking rambling
And what exactly is nature walking? It's any and every kind of walking you can do in the natural world. The activity encompasses strolling, striding, sauntering, stepping, treading, tramping, traipsing, traversing, rambling, roving, roaming, racewalking, hiking, meandering, wandering, wending, pacing, peregrinating, perambulating ... in natural surroundings.
fashion sex simple
Walking is simple and second nature for most of us. It's an everyday kind of activity, not something that's frequently the rage of fashion or touted for its sex appeal. Yet few physical pursuits in this life are ultimately as rewarding. It's a wonderfully satisfying way to spend an hour, and afternoon, a day, or longer.
suicide thinking guy
The debt ceiling debacle is almost a horrible metaphor: It's as if a bomb went off at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue and sent shrapnel flying in every direction. I don't know what these guys think they're doing, but it looks like they're committing political suicide.
nature support world
Now that we're essentially an indoor species, walled off from the world of other life forms, we're divorced from the very domain that supports and sustains our lives.
nature ideas giving
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it, or considering other species to be our close "relations" which many indigenous peoples still do, couldn't be more alien to most of us.