17 Quotes by Gary Jacobson

She is going to need all the help that she can get because it's a solidly Republican district.

One of the ways you do that is by traveling around and helping candidates.

If they win it, it's a huge symbolic victory. If they lose it, they can say they couldn't have won it anyway.

Here's an open seat that came up surprisingly at short notice, and anyone who ever thought about running for Congress sometime would say this is my time to take a shot at it.

The practice of speaking to an audience outside of the chamber is very old. These people are professional politicians, and they will not be swayed by others' oratory.

The question was whether he was going to get six years or 10 years. It looks like, to me, that the judge split the difference. Given his age, I don't think it will be a controversial decision.

Bilbray is the most prominent figure out there and so he will be everybody's target. Then, he has the distinction of being a lobbyist I would have been astonished if this was not used by his opponents.

This is getting up there in unusual territory. Usually, you don't have that many candidates putting up a lot of money. Usually, there are one or two putting up big money, not six or seven.

There's a lot of competition for a kid's time. You have the Internet. You have video games. Kids are being pulled in a lot of directions,