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    For better or worse, our side is now much more reliant on extra-party institutions to do our core political business. There are two political cultures, each with their own economies.

    He's easily the most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill, and nobody's in his weight class. He exerts the kind of discipline that hasn't been seen in decades.

    Presidential campaigns have an awful lot to do with a sense of authenticity, and Romney's image seems to be, 'Pay no attention to anything I've previously said in my political life. I was only lying and pandering then.'

    In 1984, he was principal at Buford High School in Lancaster, S.C., when he hired two former West Brunswick teachers who told him about the community and the school. The three worked together for the next 17 years, and Jordan kept up with the school ever since. They were two of the best teachers I worked with, ... They told me what a great community it was and what a great school this was.

    The political currents were extraordinarily strong for everybody involved. I'm certainly not implying that Democrats had their finger to the wind and didn't make votes of conscience, but it was a piece of the puzzle, clearly.


    I would say that this is a political calamity that the Republicans own completely. The public understands very well that Bush and (Vice President Dick) Cheney made fortunes in the industry, that oil company lobbyists wrote our energy policy and they see George Bush holding hands and trading kisses with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. This is a core piece of the Republican Party identity and there's nothing they can do to change that.

    A lot of Democrats feel cross-pressured. They're uneasy about Roberts' record. They're more uneasy about his refusal to answer questions about it. But they instinctively feel some measure of deference to the president on these appointments and, let's face it, Roberts was a good pick for Bush.

    It's difficult to go from all-run to being balanced. We're taking the shots, and Al's got the arm and the vision. The O-line played great, too.

    In a sense these are two guys who have never stopped running they have never gotten out of campaign mode.

    He did his best, and cleverly, to imply that he's sympathetic to Roe and its value as precedent. But we'd be foolish to take his testimony as an assurance that he's supportive of the right to choice or even the more fundamental right to privacy.

    Never once have Democrats benefited from attempts at reasonableness and compromise and accommodation. To the contrary, Bush and his team seem to view political compromise as weakness, and they punish it rather than reward or reciprocate it.

    Like every campaign, we'll be adjusting our campaign schedule on an as-appropriate basis. We're certainly not suspending all of our activities, but we will, of course, be sensitive to tone, to taste, to the national mood, and making scheduling decisions accordingly.

    Here's the final word from a giant of American jurisprudence on the methods, motives and ethics of Ken Starr.

    The bad news is he's talking about shooting a man, blaming the victim and covering it up.

    He was one of my boys. He was just one of those scrappy little kids, who wouldn't give up. He worked hard, he trained hard and he maintained his training.

    The good news is he's not talking about his indicted chief of staff or ordering the leaking of classified information.

    Given the manner in which this hearing has been arranged, members have raised the possibility of not attending.

    A lot of the producers don't want to get into marketing and shipping it to the end user, that's not their thing. But this is a particularly good niche to be in for the next few years. It's going to be unbelievable.

    It was driven by a petulance and frustration, and it had the tone of a president with an approval rating of 35 percent. He's sounding less statesmanlike when he needs to seem more.

    Ultimately, voters are going to decide a small-town physician from a small and atypical state is probably not qualified to lead this nation in a dangerous world.

    highlighted a negative stereotype of the party -- a party that truly only welcomes conservative white males. That's an unflattering view of the party and one frankly we thought they were trying to ameliorate.


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