Gary Jacobson
Gary Jacobson
Gary C. Jacobsonis a professor of political science and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been since 1979...
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If they win it, it's a huge symbolic victory. If they lose it, they can say they couldn't have won it anyway.
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This is getting up there in unusual territory. Usually, you don't have that many candidates putting up a lot of money. Usually, there are one or two putting up big money, not six or seven.
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It's the best thing he has going for him right now, so he would be crazy not to use it. One of the things that drive presidential approval ratings is the economy. In his case, he hasn't yet reaped full credit for the last couple of years of pretty good economic growth.
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It will help to define him as just another Republican, and that's not good for him in this state.