Jennifer Duffy
Jennifer Duffy
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.
allies campaign party run understand
I think that the (Democratic) party and their allies understand he has not had to run a campaign in a long time.
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.
friends-or-friendship giving helping winning
It was a factor. Winning friends by helping them out, giving them money, is always a big deal.
consider race until viable
Until you get a viable opponent, ... I consider it a third-tier race.
favors gets hope race
When this (the presidential) race gets under way, favors will be cashed in and collected, ... They'll hope the favors they did are returned.