Quotes by Mark DiCamillo

“I really think hes down to his base. Its hard for a politician to get below the 30 percent range. That would mean your own supporters are jumping ship.”

“As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.”

“The president, in our perspective, is in uncharted territory because he has a really long tenure left and yet he has very low job performance ratings in just his sixth year. Whether he is able to turn it around depends a lot on Iraq. But the events in Iraq seem largely out of his or U.S. control.”

“Its the increasingly partisan rancor that characterizes the Congress. The very partisan Republican orientation of the House is not very well received. The public wants compromises to be reached and they generally dont see many of those things taking place in Congress these days.”

“So many seats in California are safe, and thats true nationally, too. So the opportunities for the out-of-power party to gain (seats in Congress) is really not that great. Most observers would say that only a few seats could change hands.”

“What you see is kind of a balanced assessment. There are some policy positions where some voters are fairly lenient to illegal immigrants and on others theyre supportive of tougher approaches.”

“Even though various groups hold very different attitudes, its important to all sides. Its an issue that can cut both ways.”

“This is an issue that could easily arouse Latino voters. Immigration could be a single issue that could bring out more Latino voters in November.”

“Theres a clear consensus that we should give (undocumented workers) a path to citizenship. Theres bipartisan support.”

“The survey just looked at registered Latino voters. Had it included non-voters and non-citizens, the numbers likely would have been different.”