Larry Sabato Quotes on Government (17 Quotes)

It says the Republican leadership has accepted the political reality that Katherine Harris will be the GOP candidate for the United States Senate.

Most of these people have done well because of their connection with DeLay, and DeLay has actively tried to place them in key positions knowing that it would help him and the Republicans in Congress, and it has.

There is nothing the Democratic leaders can do. It's the Democratic activists who are whining and complaining who could help themselves by shutting their mouths. They're distracting attention away from what the election will be and should be about - the president and Congress. They're just giving the press something to write about.

It demonstrated to the public for the first time that Bush no longer controls his own party in Congress. That's a mark of leadership that people do pay attention to.

Members of Congress may not get in trouble with the law more than others, but when they do they come under a lot more scrutiny. They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth, ... The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians.

Republicans are in trouble, no mistake. But we are a long way as yet from conditions that would lead to a Democratic takeover of the House and Senate.

What has this session of Congress accomplished I'm sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.

Most seats in Congress are relatively safe this year. But they are not safe from a tsunami. Iraq, plus economic problems, plus these scandals, could produce a tsunami. That's what every incumbent on Capitol Hill has to fear.

Very worried, ... They really are in danger of losing a substantial number of seats in Congress and, more importantly, key governorships in 2006.

Sure, they will be more independent. But my point is that as a Republican Congress, they will still be more supportive than not.

It does follow a pattern. Voters want good government, but they also want it within their ideological framework.

To have a chance, Lucas must both demonstrate he still has the fire in the belly to serve in Congress and succeed in making this race as much of a personal popularity contest as it can be. Still, you can bet Davis will seek to tie his opponent to his party label at every turn, and we give the freshman Republican an early leg up.

Right now, more than 10 months before the mid-term election, Democrats have a good chance of gaining seats in both houses of Congress.

It's a matter of getting people excited and out to vote. Whether the Congress passes a lot of legislation is a separate issue. . . . They can get the electoral issues done just by debating some of the issues.

It's almost been contempt of Congress -- not legal contempt of Congress, but contempt of Congress by baseball, ... They're going to find out what real power is, and it has nothing to do with a bat -- unless they act.

There's no room on the agenda, there's no room in Congress and there's no room politically.

The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt,