Ken Khachigian Quotations

The point here is to move forward, to get the debate moving from fault and blame to solutions.

My feeling is, life moves on. If there's a staff replacement needed, you replace the staff. He's still the president, and he has a lot of ability to change course and move away from the problem.

One of the worst enemies in such situations is overreaction and even panic. Nixon once advised that when circumstances are the hottest is when leaders must be the coolest.

He is a wartime president. That's what's on his agenda and it's got to be his focus.

He's driving the dialogue. He's driving the debate, and that's a big, big change from playing defense, like he was through the special. I think from his point of view, it's all positive.

... The president's trip to California will have no effect on the outcome of the special election, and the governor's not showing up here will have no effect on President Bush. Staff people just got carried away on both sides.

What happens in January isn't going to have much influence on what happens in November.

There's a general mood elsewhere there that's a little edgy right now, and it's reinforced by a lot of very effective television against the governor.

These ads are very effective. The real question is how to counter their effectiveness.

They touched the 'third rail,' and while they didn't get electrocuted, they got beat back.

It once again positions Republicans as the stronger party on national security and defense. It's persevere and win versus cut and run.

They've got to convince voters it has to do with making a better state, making a better life for them and repairing the state, repairing the state's governance in a way that ultimately benefits its citizens.

You've got to have some distinctions. Whether Bush leaves office on a big high or leaves in sort of the way he is now, slogging through a lot of battles, it doesn't matter?. It's the way the seasons work. A little change is good.