Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
Larry Joseph Sabatois an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation. The Center for Politics is also responsible for the publication of Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections...
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So each new justice has a major, really a tremendous impact on individual lives, on the exercise of our rights and responsibilities and I think most Americans already know that but they will be reminded in a dramatic fashion during the hearings.
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That's all anyone was talking about this morning. It's the only thing people know about this, and it just made the nominee seem more human and sympathetic.
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At a certain point, you have to accept reality, and it's an impressive reality. It should have been a blow-away. It wasn't just any congressional race - it was a race during Bush's summer of sorrow and it came in a state that was ground zero for '04 and possibly will be for '08.
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It will be studied as one of the big ones -- an example of how a modest mishap goes completely out of control.
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It will be a war between the desire for change and someone completely new and different, and the tendency to pick a stable political figure who won't embarrass the district, again.
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It won't do any harm because no one will remember by November, but it will raise money,... and that's the key.
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The use of the word 'plantation' is terribly unwise. It will just reinforce the view most Americans have of Hillary Clinton as being very liberal.
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They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth. The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians.
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These areas tend to be home to high-income, highly educated voters who show up at the polls. These are areas that are changing the fastest, have people arriving in enormous numbers, have demands for better schools, better roads - and politicians have to be responsive to them.
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Although he does not like backing down, Bush has realized that he was too ambitious.
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The devastation is so great and the stories of the victims have united Americans in sympathy.
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An actual takeover in either house is very difficult. It's possible, but it will take a Democratic wave, even a tsunami. Everything must come together for the Democrats to do this.
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The gap could shrink but I doubt very seriously they will eliminate it.
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The legislation might have passed if he had waited, but it would have been on Page 8 of the nation's newspapers.