From the hearing in the Supreme Court on the Clinton v. Jones case, to the extraordinary partnership associated with Speaker Gingrich's ethics case, I think all of that has also reduced the feeling of new beginning and possibility.
Thomas Mann (Brookings Institution)
I think Senator Kennedy will go down as one of the giants in the Senate. While he has had a rather tumultuous life with lots of ups and downs, his record in the Senate has been consistently impressive.
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It could become much worse. I could imagine a scenario in the next presidential election in which we would look back fondly on the experience of 1996. We really have to deal with issue with soft money and issue advocacy together.
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I expect him to settle comfortably on the right of the court and write careful and intelligent decisions that support his longstanding ideological views and values.
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It will be interesting to learn something about Hastert's capabilities as he sizes up the new political context and tries to figure out a way to operate,.. And I do think the responsibility falls to him.
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Middle and working-class families continue to struggle with stagnant wages, high gas, health care and college expenses and bleaker prospects for good jobs.
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They are trying to neutralize this issue cluster with Kerry's war record and with lots of pleasing rhetoric.
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I can't imagine that Feldstein is directly involved, but if there were any reasonable prospect of his being called to testify, with some presumption of culpability on the part of the board, that would be a problem.
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