Quotes by Allan Hoffenblum

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“If all the initiatives go down, partisan Democrats will say, We beat him today, now lets go beat him next year,”

“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). Theres a lot of frustration and nobody is coming up with any answers.”

“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. Its piling on.”

“It tends to happen more often in the heavily populated areas because thats where the parties tend to be more active. Its no longer unusual.”

“Gilchrist will appeal to the hard-core conservatives on the single issue of immigration, and one would think, take votes away from John Campbell.”