Quotes by Keating Holland

“So the pressure is on Kerry to meet expectations. And lets not forget the good news for the White House in this poll: Bush is still seen as a stronger leader who would better deal with Iraq and terrorism,”

“Its obvious that the debate helped Kerry. Whats less obvious is how.”

“In many respects, the public is reacting to the Edwards pick in almost the same way that they reacted to his rival, Dick Cheney, in 2000.”

“I think thats one of the things that made people start thinking differently about Vice President Bush in early 1988, where they started to see him come out on his own, become his own man, win a few,”

“Its possible that some people are thinking that the ground troops will face almost no casualties, as happened in the Persian Gulf,”

“The polls showed very clearly that Bush the father had exactly the same problems in 1987 that Al Gore is facing today, ... He wasnt considered inspiring, people didnt think he could bring about change and he wasnt thought of as a strong leader.”

“might have helped Dole slightly.”

“Part of it is his resume, part of it is his announcement bounce, part of it may simply be that hes a fresh face. He is, after all, the flavor of the month.”

“Americans may rally around a president when he sends troops to war but not when he sends them the bill.”

“Its difficult to tell from these poll results how the speech will affect general U.S. public,”