37 Quotes by Jack Pitney

They (the Republicans) certainly passed up a chance to help him. He's not worse off than he was a week ago, but he's no better off, either.

A lot of these folks don't have a great deal of political experience and very often they get off to a strong start, but their lack of experience shows over the course of the campaign. They make rookie mistakes, aren't careful in how they phrase their positions and don't come across in an appealing way to voters.

They need to have a mental clearance sale at the White House. We're not anywhere near the Nixon bunker crisis, but what's going on over there right now is a serious problem.

This kind of appeal is a good seed catalogue.

They have the opportunity to build appealing images, but there is also a real chance that they will tear each other down, or that the Republicans will do it for them. In trial heats, Angelides and Westly are not running far ahead of Schwarzenegger.

It's a happy coincidence of his sponsorship of a popular measure and now a favorable budget situation. It's one bit of good luck after a line of bad luck and lets him wear the white hat again.

It matters a lot for the party activists. It matters some for primary voters. And it matters a little for undecided general election voters. Even if it matters for 5 percent of the electorate ? no candidate can ignore that.

It's a missed opportunity. Had it gone through, he could begin to rebuild his image as a bipartisan problem-solver. He can still do that, but as the year wears on, partisan conflict will make that harder.

No matter what he decides, a large number of people are going to be angry at him.