17 Quotes by Gary Jacobson

It seems like a bald-faced lie. The whole point of the initiative is to prevent the part of the budget that automatically gets spent on education from getting spent on education?. To argue this will create more money for schools is almost straightforwardly false.

It will help to define him as just another Republican, and that's not good for him in this state.

It's the best thing he has going for him right now, so he would be crazy not to use it. One of the things that drive presidential approval ratings is the economy. In his case, he hasn't yet reaped full credit for the last couple of years of pretty good economic growth.

It makes sense there would be a letdown after impeachment. People are tired of scandals and want peace and quiet.

It's got to be tempting to allow yourself to be flattered, buttered-up, helped, given favors and so forth. It's hard to refuse them unless you very consciously recognize that it's one of the permanent ethical challenges of that life.

If there is really any evidence of insider trading, then he's in very serious trouble, and so is his party. It adds another brick to Democrats' argument that Republicans are corrupt.

He behaved in such a way that it was almost certain that he would be discovered.

Gore has the economy on his side and the statistics he will be able to produce will be an impressive argument. I am expecting a very close election,