Charlie Cook
Charlie Cook
Charles Edward Cook, Jr., known as Charlie Cook, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 November 1953
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It can't hurt the president to remove himself from the current context of scandals, miscues and partisanship and put him in a statesman setting.
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I think the leadership conference will be the first major cattle show before the 2008 election, and it should be pretty much mandatory attendance for any candidate seeking election in 2008.
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I felt bad about the fumble. I didn't see a defensive back come up from the side, and he got the ball out of there.
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He'll be a force, but obviously it will be a blow if his signature issue goes down in flame.
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I wouldn't want to stand between Chuck Schumer and anything he really wanted.
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Playing at this level, it's ... a much faster game, and I've seen improvement (in my game). They've been on me about my play defensively down low, and I've made improvements there, and they're using me on the penalty-kill more and more.
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I think people have a sense that right now Democrats are completely powerless in Washington, that they're just sort of bystanders. But there's a danger of Democrats' looking always like they are carping. It's important for them to articulate some kind of vision.
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I think President Clinton would have liked to have traveled a lot in early '93 and reconnect with people. But the fact is, the administration was so disorganized and they were so unfocused that he didn't have the luxury of being able to travel.
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Usually you jump up a little bit, then there's a settling back down of a few points after that,
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The exemplary focus, discipline and execution that was so prevalent during (Bush's) first term is sorely lacking.
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I think if McCain-Feingold goes down, Sen. McCain will still be a force in the Senate,
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Those who landed in Rhode Island or Utah, I doubt will stay, ... But those in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Dallas or Houston are more likely to stay because it is not such an alien culture. And of those who come back, what will the mix be? More African-Americans? More whites? You could argue either way.
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The president looks terrible. The administration is kind of playing catch-up now.
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The president has to go on national television and tread water for an hour, while trying to make it look he's swimming the butterfly stroke.