Bob Stein Quotations

We know he has done a very retail-oriented campaign, going right to individual voters and surgically finding those who will vote and vote for him. His message is directed at reminding voters what he has done for them.

Love him or hate him, he's no fool. He's realized he may have lost his leadership post, but with the trial he faces losing much more than that. He may not be as focused on keeping his House seat as he has been.

He is fighting against something that is very hard to fight against, which is the tide of public opinion. It is possible, come December, he could be in a tight race.

He'll want a president who won't tax the Internet or regulate it, and who will open global markets. Those are the three things he cares a lot about -- a government that's hands-off business.

He's been working hard, but is under the radar screen and avoiding big media events. His campaign people are making very targeted invitations to likely primary Republican voters.

I think it's great if they do it. It's always a lot of talk. What gets done is something else.

Is Campbell a threat to DeLay? I find it hard to believe Mr. Campbell is going to win a primary against DeLay. But he doesn't have to win to do damage to DeLay. DeLay needs to win with a substantial number of votes, so he can demonstrate that he is the standard-bearer for his party.

Our polling shows that Congressman DeLay has lost more than 50 percent of his base support from 2004.

Our politics may be Republican, ... but that's just a temporary condition.

People in the most vulnerable areas clearly anticipated their cars, like their homes, would be at risk, ... It's suggestive of people taking their cars, not because they had a lot of people to protect, but because they were taking their second-most valuable possession.

Those are the kinds of signs that no candidate wants to have, especially one who still has legal battles coming up.

Round two is in the courts, it's not necessarily in November. He needs to be acquitted to assure his re-election.

This is about Tom DeLay today. It doesn't matter what he's done for the district in the past or that he's served for 25 years. Voters are deeply disturbed by these reports and are open to a change in leadership.

It's been constantly improving. It's a lot cleaner. A great place to bring your family.

Any time you have a hazard on the roadway and motorist coming up to the hazard, it can cause problems,

His best campaign is what he's doing, ... The election is almost immaterial at this point. It's anticlimactic.

He's just a very practical, pragmatic business person,

He's in trouble. He needs to shore up his base now.

I don't see how the city or county could have said no, ... Anything looking like we were going to resist would have been the wrong reaction and politically costly.

You want to position your city and yourself as someone who can solve problems, ... Politically, he had no choice. If you see a benefit, you go for broke. He has to make certain it goes well.