Jennifer Duffy
Jennifer Duffy
standard talked
They all talked about it. It was a standard part of their pitch.
against hear kinds marquee people race rick running stories telling
This is the marquee race in 2006. We hear all kinds of stories of people who are telling donors, 'Hey, he's not with you on all the issues, but he's running against Rick Santorum.
angry putting
They're angry at him for putting her there.
bottom democrats line pick question
The bottom line is, Democrats will pick up seats. The question is how many.
campaign candidate difficult insists manager race ship team
This race is more than uphill. At this point, for a team to come in and try to right the ship is going to be very tough. It's going to be difficult as long as the candidate insists on being the candidate, the campaign manager and the strategist.
democrats divert expensive gets jersey might money national prefer problem race resources spend state
The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.
families judgment people remembered rendered room ultimately
In the end, the judgment is going to be rendered by the families themselves. What the people who were in the room say is ultimately how he will be remembered in this crisis.
polls swayed terribly
I'm not terribly swayed by polls at this point.
democrats incentive talk victory
Democrats have no incentive to come to the table, really. Not getting anything done is a victory for them, to be able to talk about the do-nothing Senate.
quite shot stride threw
Considering they didn't see it coming, it probably threw them off stride quite a bit. This was a shot out of the blue.
face industries
It is true, they don't face the same threat. All industries go through cycles.
friends-or-friendship giving helping winning
It was a factor. Winning friends by helping them out, giving them money, is always a big deal.
joy leadership lets money race
The joy of being in congressional leadership and never having a competitive race is it lets you keep stuffing money in the bank.
joy state
The joy of being a battleground state is that you get presidential hopefuls in 2006.