Quotes by John Fortier

“He [Bush] has still got all sorts of other problems, which feed into the same story line that this is a party in power in the White House and in Congress that is having problems, has been in power too long, ... t also brings up questions, of course, about the war in Iraq and its wisdom and the deliberations in the White House about that.”

“If Democrats are going to try to win a conservative or moderate district, but come across as a member of the anti-war movement, Im not sure thats a good idea. On the other hand, if they have some criticism of the war, but are still willing to put on the uniform, I think thats fine.”

“There are real questions about her, about whether she has the intellectual gifts needed for the court.”

“Thats a lot. Thats uncommon.”

“In a way, you can look at this as a do-over. He came in last year with such high hopes for the second term and found himself having a very tough year.”

“The fact that he is a leader in the Senate and is going to have to be the spokesman for these things, it does make it a little harder and he may have to back off.”

“A lot of things could change, but its clearly on the bubble.”

“They answered every bell. I thought with about four minutes to go we had a legitimate shot, but they went on a nice run and took it away from us.”

“Former members are only a percentage of lobbyists.”

“I dont think its blown by, by any stretch of the imagination.”