191 Quotes by Larry Sabato

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.

They shore up the party base, making sure that the faithful turn out, and they show that they think the races are important, which sometimes they aren't.

When you've got this many people maneuvering, it eliminates the period of governing that used to be guaranteed between elections.

This is a case where the Bush administration doesn't need to spell out what they did and why they did it. It's as plain as a wart on the nose of a Miss America. Any attempt by Bush's spokespeople to present this as anything other than an admission of error will be laughed out of the public square.

What has this session of Congress accomplished? I'm sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.

This is a middling scandal, but it could go higher.

This is a big election, about big things -- war and peace, the economy and all the rest. Real events over the next few months will have an impact.

Very few of them have that much energy. He had his hand in everything. He was interested in everything. That's a governor making the most out of a term.

They're trying to get the public's attention again and remind them of the arguments that once worked with the public.