Matthew Dowd Quotes


Bad news for the Bush team and declared 'the sky is falling' once again. - Matthew Dowd


As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day. - Matthew Dowd


Among swing voters, they don't care about the party labels. They want things solved. - Matthew Dowd


All of that makes it harder on the Democrats. That's a benefit we have that we never had before. - Matthew Dowd


After the Democratic nominee is all but certain in the late winter/early spring, it would not be surprising for us to fall behind for a bit. - Matthew Dowd


A chorus of 'the sky is falling.' - Matthew Dowd


[Republicans inadvertently tipped their hand on this point yesterday. During a conference call, Bush pollster-strategist Matthew Dowd said they're also airing a 60-second radio ad that resembles the anti-Kerry spot.] But ... it actually has a positive element to it as well. - Matthew Dowd


[Bush-Cheney raised expectations for Edwards, saying the main reason Kerry chose him as his running mate was because of his oratorical skills. Calling Edwards a] professional debater... was picked because he was a successful personal injury lawyer that's had an unbelievably good record of winning personal injury awards. This is not a person that was a senator that was good at debates; this was a person who was basically paid to debate in front of juries. - Matthew Dowd


[Austin aides have their focus groups too, and they claim the vice president's aggressiveness only rankles, reminding voters of the ugly noises from the past four or five years in Washington, the showdowns and shutdowns. The less partisan voters, says the campaign, like Bush's happy soundings of cooperation.] Among swing voters, they don't care about the party labels... They want things solved. - Matthew Dowd


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