Allan Hoffenblum Quotes (22 Quotes)

Cook is rather strong as a Democrat in a district that is so strongly Republican.

Gilchrist has the most emotional issue. A lot of people hate illegal immigration. And on that issue alone he is going to be able to motivate (voters). There's a lot of frustration and nobody is coming up with any answers.

If he was still up there with 61 percent approval and had broad support, he might sign it.

I'd say he's in trouble. The challenge for the Democrats is to prove that he is more influenced by lobbyists than he is concerned for public policy in his district.

When the governor started going after those public employee unions he made those rookie mistakes that we learned back in the '70s. And it does nothing but get you in trouble.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back on the horse again. That's my advice to him, which I believe he will do because he's a natural optimist, ... No matter what happens on Election Night, he'll figure out a way to say 'This is fantastic.'

Republican became a bad word among Hispanics of all stripes here in California. The only ones who dispute that are in total and complete denial.

These cheap shots at the president are ill-timed and ill-advised. It comes at a time when the president is being hit by all sides. It's piling on.

He needs to reconnect with soft Democrats and independent voters, keep the rhetoric and the jokes down, and come up with some good ideas,

If all the initiatives go down, partisan Democrats will say, 'We beat him today, now let's go beat him next year,'

They were courageous to vote the way they did. They did in fact cast a vote that is contrary to the opinion of a large number of voters in their party.

They ran a Republican campaign in a Democratic state, and they saw that yesterday in the results.

It would certainly be a major upset for McCloskey to defeat Pombo, but McCloskey will add a lot of drama and theater to the race.

Pombo has to take this challenge seriously. If Pete McCloskey pulls 30 percent, Pombo's in trouble. That means there's a lot of Republicans looking for an alternative.

Look, the muscle magazine thing was just stupid and he doesn't want to talk about his past womanizing, ... He's made a lot of mistakes, but corruption is not one of them.

Arnold seems inept, ... What is he doing running around having town meetings His campaign seems completely unfocused.

When (Ronald) Reagan was governor, there was always unrest. He raised taxes ... he signed one of the most progressive pro-abortion bills in the country at that time.

I think he's in serious difficulty. I think a lot of people are unhappy with him.

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president, ... Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Why did they wait several months to respond to attacks from unions ... They made bad political decisions all the way through.

He's not going to roll over and play dead.

You're not going to beat Richard Pombo on the Endangered Species Act. But corruption is an issue that's on everybody's mind. If he's vulnerable on any issue, that would be it.