24 Quotes by Ross Baker

It's window dressing for the benefit of social conservatives, ... The president may feel that whatever support he will lose among fiscal conservatives, he will win from conservatives proud of him for bootlegging vouchers in the relief plan.

It's really the policy. And policies that presidents are committed to are discarded only with great reluctance - and most often not at all.

He's like Yosemite Sam. You can see the steam coming out of his ears.

He really has got to use the State of the Union to bolster his support, to really try to cement the kind of emotional support that he has enjoyed in the past from people.

The ground rules of the congressional district configuration in the state are rigged in favor of incumbents of both parties.

And Cheney is like a member of the Bush family. The president would no sooner push Cheney overboard than he would Jeb.