30 Quotes by Jennifer Duffy

This is the marquee race in 2006. We hear all kinds of stories of people who are telling donors, 'Hey, he's not with you on all the issues, but he's running against Rick Santorum.

They're angry at him for putting her there.

It is true, they don't face the same threat. All industries go through cycles.

It's not likely, but I can see the math.

Democrats have no incentive to come to the table, really. Not getting anything done is a victory for them, to be able to talk about the do-nothing Senate.

Considering they didn't see it coming, it probably threw them off stride quite a bit. This was a shot out of the blue.

It was a factor. Winning friends by helping them out, giving them money, is always a big deal.

The joy of being in congressional leadership and never having a competitive race is it lets you keep stuffing money in the bank.

The joy of being a battleground state is that you get presidential hopefuls in 2006.