Glen Bolger
Glen Bolger
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They took a page out of President Clinton's strategy -- legislative strategy -- which is to break things up into bite-size morsels -- that the public readily supports and understands, and get votes on it. And when its a 70 percent supported issue its hard for the Democrats to oppose it.
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The immediate reaction of the president and the administration is not what the public expected from him. ... and ultimately, in a major national crisis like this, the buck kind of stops at the White House.
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The wind is not at our back, it's in our face. If you're a candidate making an assessment about challenging an incumbent, having wind in your face is clearly a negative factor in the decision.