Merle Black Quotes (18 Quotes)

Early on, he monopolized fundraising, he called upon his ties with other Republicans and he had a huge advantage. But now, as these allegations have come out, it's hurt his ability to raise money and made other Republicans nervous. He's clearly in a much weaker position now than he was months ago.

Most voters don't judge a governor on one decision,

Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation. He was trained as an engineer - his approach was to study a problem and reach his own conclusions and proceed. It's Carter being Carter.

The split in the Alabama Republican Party has been so pronounced for so long. It looks like one more round in an unending battle,

He wouldn't be seen as a Dukakis or a Kennedy, but it doesn't go that far. They've never heard of him, ... So, he'd have to spend a lot of time cultivating political leaders and trying to develop support as a long-shot contender.

Throughout Carter's career, he's paid a lot of political price for this approach. I can't imagine he's very popular in south Georgia this morning. What's unusual is he seems more concerned about the south Connecticut economy than the south Georgia economy.

He can't argue his way to better numbers. He needs favorable results in Iraq. And that's out of his hands.

Gore is much better known among black politicians for a much longer period of time. I don't know how Bradley breaks that.

It's very unusual for a politician to have physical contact with a security officer. She's in damage control now. She's cutting her losses by not insisting on right or wrong.

All of this is consistent. She's doesn't act the way most congress members act.

What else can he do If he doesn't do anything, he will be criticized as being too passive. But no matter how many speeches he makes, nothing will change for the better until they start changing for the better in Iraq.

She's brought back the old Cynthia. There won't be any more news stories about the new Cynthia McKinney.

This may be more an issue to position Myrick for a run for the governorship than an effort to really change federal policy at the national level because ordinarily members of Congress don't sponsor legislation that denies federal funds to their states.

He doesn't get away from the problems he has to deal with, he's just brings them with him to another location. I don't think most Americans begrudge him a little time off.

When they win, they mix it up, ... They're liberal on some issues and conservative on other issues. They can't be liberal on everything because there aren't enough liberals in the South.

You can imagine him on the ticket, either as the presidential candidate or the vice president, and Virginia automatically becomes a competitive state.

Blacks have been migrating into the South in the last decade or so, ... There are more jobs here. After the 60's, and civil rights, this is where the job growth has been. Because of the lack of unionization, industries have moved back to the South.

The presidency is probably the most stressful job in the world. It's good from time to time for him to get away to a new location.