Quotes by Robert Holsworth

“Potts major strength is that if he had money, hes a distinctive personality. He comes across, by contrast to the other two, in a unique way. He has a persona thats some cross between Harry Truman and Ross Perot. Thats appealing to a lot of people today who feel that candidates are too careful, too scripted, too stage-managed.”

“At the end of the day, people thought keeping things going on the same track was more important than electing a Republican. In that way, the natural tilt of the state (favoring Republicans) was overcome.”

“Governors obviously have limited influence other than over their own state [gas] taxes.”

“I actually think in retrospect our decision-making turned out very well,”

“This is an opportunity for these individuals to present themselves and give themselves a distinctive identity with the public, something I dont think either of them has accomplished yet. Right now I think the campaign is that each candidate still has that hurdle and whoever can kind of get over that hurdle could well turn the election in their direction.”

“George Allen doesnt want to lose this election, either.”

“Its really their last attempt to try to give a frame to this choice that the public can grasp. Its one of the things thats been difficult for each of them in this campaign, to really frame the choice that the publics going to make in a compelling way, ... This debate gives each side the opportunity to really try to frame for the public what the elections about, and to give the public a better sense of what theyre about.”