Julian Zelizer
Julian Zelizer
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This is very much an on-the-spot performance, and that makes it very dynamic. Things come up as the questions are being asked, as the news is really focusing in on him and how he appears on television, how he responds, how he interacts with the legislators.
appears focusing news questions
This is very much an on-the-spot performance, and that makes it very dynamic, ... Things come up as the questions are being asked, as the news is really focusing in on him and how he appears on television, how he responds, how he interacts with the legislators.
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Every question to Roberts is obviously a question to the next nominee. They are sending a signal to Bush about where Democrats will engage in a strong fight and where they will be willing to allow the next candidate to flow through.
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It's one of those areas of politics where people have become accustomed to something that was once radical. It's just normative at this point.
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On all these levels, this guy's ready to go. He's done everything a candidate is expected to do.
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It's kind of a low-cost appeal to conservatives outside of Massachusetts. He's looking for things he can do to say to conservatives -- especially Christian evangelical activists -- 'Hey I'm with you,'.
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He's evidence that by stepping down early, you don't necessarily kill the issue.
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I don't think his resignation actually ends the story at all. And I think it now offers the Democrats more concrete proof that there is something wrong in Washington.