Bill Schneider Quotes (31 Quotes)

All of the other candidates have the same objective reshape the contest so they can become Number Two--an alternative to Bush,

He's going to be given very different treatment than he had in the past, ... celebrity.

Edwards has had to target states that are economically distressed and areas like upstate New York that are more economically distressed than other places because that's where his message on trade is likely to get the best reception,

The problem is it's not very powerful in California or downstate New York, where most of the voters are.

Bush is sinking, Clark is surging. Clark picked exactly the right moment to make his announcement.

We've had tax cut proposals, one after the other, which is like saying to the American people, 'Would you like the government to give you some money,' and they're not popular. People are saying we don't need the money, we'd rather do something else with it, we'd rather accomplish some public purposes. Well, Bush is trying to hold the Republican Party together and sell it to a fairly skeptical electorate.

People thought the election still might be so close that he could make a decisive difference in some states, and he very nearly did. But the states weren't quite that close, the way Florida and New Hampshire were in 2000,

But the economy is good and unemployment is the lowest it's been in 30 years. Polls show a gradual increase since the 1970s in the number of people who say that trade helps rather than hurts the nation's economy.

That crossover vote shrank ... fewer Democrats and independents bothered to vote for McCain because they had a race in their own party. They voted for Gore or for Bradley.

He had a lot of money, and he had a message, ... But issues are not driving the vote.

The Supreme Court ruled was that the Constitution requires that the allocation of the number of seats for each state has to be done based on an actual count,

Throughout the country, Republicans seemed to be much more motivated. It is my guess that is was a high turnout that was mostly men -- white men.

Some people can have sensational moments at the convention, but don't fool yourself. It's all about John Kerry. They're selling something.

In 1996, Bill Clinton got 54 percent of the women's vote,

Al Gore is in striking distance of George W. Bush,

Where is Gore with women Just 50 percent, ... Given how badly he is doing with men, and it is very bad, he has got to boost his standing with women.

If it turns out that George Bush doesn't get elected, once a party has run three times, like the Democrats after 1980, 1984 and 1988, they begin to see the light and say, 'We have to change,' ... Well if the Republicans lose this year ... they are going to be looking at John McCain and saying, 'Maybe he's got something to say, maybe we should listen to him a little bit harder,' and I think he's well-prepared for that outcome.

It's all Iraq. In 50 years, 2004 will be known as the Iraq election.

I call them infomercials, ... They're like a late-night show that's trying to sell you a hair-care product.

I think the message is clear, anyone who tries to turn this into a political issue gets burned.

They want to be seen as doing something to take care of that issue.

It was a terrible speech. Dean's speech got worse as it went along. The best part about it was before he opened his mouth.

Clinton brings out the Democratic base. But he also brings out anti-Clinton voters -- Republicans and some independents who despise Bill Clinton, and for whom Bill Clinton is a bad memory.

Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'

I will expect that if she runs for the Senate, she's going to have to enter a new stage as her tenure as first lady. She's going to have to make (the Senate campaign) her top priority, just as Al Gore recently said his top priority is going to be running for president and not being vice president.

Even a month ago, it was clear that he did not want to be considered, ... The governor prevailed on him.

I've never seen Coach mark his ball and look at it. He usually just putts out. But he marked his ball. When it came his time to putt, he looked at it from both sides. It dawned on me, this must be for 76 to shoot his age. And he knocked it right in the middle.

Democrats would love to make Mississippi the third state, after South Carolina and Alabama last year, where they've taken the statehouse back from the GOP,

The Conscience of a Liberal, Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda.

But the court allows the states to use the estimated numbers ...for drawing the lines within each state to the determine what district every member of Congress and each state legislator represents.

It's a caucus with a lot of Dean voters. You could have an Edwards victory in Minnesota.