Friends in high places, as you might say, are important to voters as well as the politicians, and Akaka can claim having friends in high places most Democrats in the U.S. Senate, for example.
More Quotes from Stuart Rothenberg:
Democrats still have the potential for major gains (even taking the House), but their current prospects are somewhat lower.Stuart Rothenberg
Everybody seems to admit he is conservative. He is also bright. He has no obvious ethical problems. That probably means the Democrats are going to have to dig up a good deal of controversy if they are going to challenge this nomination seriously.
Stuart Rothenberg
The fact that he's a lame duck in Massachusetts now and his term will end two years before the presidential election is not at all a problem. I'd regard it as an asset. He's free to travel.
Stuart Rothenberg
If Gore were up 10 points, this wouldn't happen. There would be a lot of golf to be played otherwise.
Stuart Rothenberg
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
Stuart Rothenberg
Democrats are going to try to turn this into a partisan issue. The Republicans say no, that there are some Republicans involved but there are Democrats involved, and so this is really going to boil down to a nuts and bolts political argument.
Stuart Rothenberg
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Friendship Quotes, Government Quotes, Place Quotes, Politics QuotesBased on Keywords: akaka
I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.
Robyn Hitchcock
I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
Imran Khan