“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
“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
“John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties”
Frank Mankiewicz
“The New London GOP has to start branching out to the ethnic communities in the city.”
Mike Doyle
“You have to be able to indict each specific member of Congress. [Vulnerable GOP Reps.] Rob Simmons, Nancy Johnson and Heather Wilson are not going to get beat because Democrats try to link them to tom delay or FEMA. It's not going to happen. People know that. They've been through tough races, and it's going to take more than name association for [Democrats] to beat them.”
Carl Forti
“The GOP is not about to unwind the deal that was made to move this bill forward.”
Howard Glaser
“The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell.”
Stuart Rothenberg
