Quotes by Stuart Rothenberg

• We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
• What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.
• Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.
• The environment is better and better for Democrats.
• I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him.
• California is going to be quite good for the Democrats. But the rest of the country is a draw.