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“There are many factors that go into House races, including challenger quality, money spent, and whether or not the incumbent is running for re-election.”
“If an inaccurate pollster with a methodology that some deplore continues to make the news, then I just don't see how one that many people view as accurate, even if dubious is going away anytime soon.”
“On the weekends, I wish people 'good Shabbos.' It's just being polite and being me.”
“Neither abortion nor Trump seem to be going away as an issue in 2023.”
“Much of the establishment was actually encouraging Obama to run in 2008.”
“President Obama's team clearly dominated the get-out-the-vote campaign in 2012, which may very well have won him the key state of Florida.”
“The ability of a manager to be the driving force of a team is overrated, even when you associate historic teams (think the 1950s Yankees) with great managers (think Casey Stengel.) A good manager is probably worth no more than five wins.”
“There's probably no major city more associated with left-wing politics than San Francisco.”
“The main question when looking at a poll is whether or not the numbers accurately reflect the current state of the country. Methodology is important, but without accuracy, methodology is rather useless.”
“Polling itself, and polling analysis, have a margin of error - and a margin of interpretation; anyone who is too certain should not be trusted.”
“My uncle is Neil Sedaka.”
“Romney was about as conservative as George W Bush in 2000.”
“Like any successful politician, Obama has benefitted from being well-liked.”
“Republicans in New York City and candidates nationwide found success in the 1980s and 1990s by promising to crack down on 'hoodlums.'”
“It turns out that name recognition is important to winning nominations and will likely be a strength for Trump, not a weakness.”
“Getting in the public eye early, raising money and building an organization are key to winning a presidential campaign. If you fall too far behind, it can be a disaster.”
“I've written on football at the Guardian, American football, obviously. I've also written on weather at The Guardian.”
“Ken Cuccinelli became the first Virginia major party candidate to lose a gubernatorial election when his party did not control the White House in 40 years. He lost to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who is about as popular in Virginia as the Dallas Cowboys.”
“We had a kosher home, separate silverware for meat and dairy, kept kosher for Passover obviously.”
“Trump wasn't the only candidate polling in the single digits early on to later win his party's nod. George McGovern in 1972, Carter in 1976, Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Bill Clinton in 1992 all barely registered in the national polls in the January to June period before the primaries began.”