Ed Sarpolus Quotations

On their issues, Gore should win hands-down. He's tied with Bush now, but that's more to do with the educational issue and the family values issue ... not the right-to-life issue, but what they want their kids to be taught, right from wrong.

Hendrix doesn't have the charisma the mayor has, and that's key. But the mayor doesn't have the trust right now. If he can regain the trust of the people, then he can close the gap. Detroit doesn't generally like kicking out incumbents.

Going negative works if it's done in the right way. Contrasting and pointing things out is fine. But attacking Hendrix's family is not the way to go about it.

He's at 50 percent favorability plus, and finally got job rating around 50 percent. So the McCain ads have finally caught some traction.

People in Michigan, by a 2-to-1 margin, blame President Bush rather than the governor for Michigan's economic problems. While her job approval ratings are up from being below 50 percent in August through October, they are not at the 60 percent level she once had.

It gave him free exposure. It was like a free campaign ad. He never had the money to do much advertising, so that was like the beginning of his advertising campaign.

This is the first time in two years the Civil Rights Initiative is below 50 percent. It's an amazing change.

This is a wake up call for Michigan.

They want to be Dr. Spock, not Mr. Spock. These people want to interact.

If she doesn't get her hands dirty now, and if voters don't see this as mainly an auto industry problem, this may very well fall at the governor's doorstep.

In the case of the mayor, he still has to show that he can be respected and trusted.

He's not naturally being picked up in this state. He's not catching fire on his issues. He's been a sort of behind the scenes kind of person.

The mayor did have the advantage among those who were unemployed and under 62 years old. And those areas of the city that were most impoverished solidly voted for the mayor.