22 Quotes by Whit Ayres

Bad news tends to move in bunches, and this White House has had more than its share. When you are in one of these periods, the best thing is to keep your head down, stay focused on the job and wait for your luck to change.

This issue has reached critical mass. People are demanding that something be done.

This gains him an increasing amount of attention as an authentic voice for social conservatives.

A lot of it depends upon how the program evolves over the next few months. Every major program is going to have growing pains. That's almost inevitable. The real question is not what seniors think of the program today as much as what they think of it at the end of the enrollment period.

always underestimate George Bush, and they are still doing it.

the most challenging of his presidency, but not that unusual from a historical perspective.

It's a combination of weariness over Iraq, concern about gas prices, worry about jobs being sent overseas and other factors that lead people to be in a funk. When people are in a funk, they take it out on the guy in charge, regardless of whether he's responsible or not.

It's hard to spin this as anything other than another problem dropped on the pile of troubles our side faces now. Bad news tends to come in bunches, and we've had a bunch lately.

There's weariness and frustration. But that's different from active, nationwide protests.