“Come November, conservatives are going to vote in large numbers for the GOP candidate -- that's always the case. But I think it raises some questions about whether the governor is going to be able to energize the GOP conservative base. It's particularly relevant because he wasn't able to do it in the special election.”
Mark Baldassare
“I’m going to Albany to take out a government, to take out a culture … I’ve illustrated I believe in intestinal fortitude to take on the demons.”
Carl Paladino
“John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties”
Frank Mankiewicz
“[Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.), chairman of the House GOP campaign committee, told the AP that he has been strategizing with House Speaker Newt Gingrich.] People that we had in marginal areas are stronger than we thought, ... We're finding swing districts are looking better for us.”
John Linder
“Behind the GOP's bravado, there are a lot GOP operatives quaking in their boots.”
Phil Singer
“We can't ignore initial Democrat polling, which shows Ken Lucas already ahead of Geoff Davis. And the GOP brand is getting killed right now in the Cincinnati media market, which might offset the automatic GOP advantage this district gives to Davis.”
Chuck Todd
“The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell.”
Stuart Rothenberg
