He said he would come into office with a bipartisan attitude, and this nomination speaks to that kind of approach,.. I don't think his liberal base will desert him, and it helps with the middle of the electorate. His base is as much among the moderate wing of the Republican Party as among independents.
Tom Rath
This is very much going to divert the agenda
There will be plenty of blame to go around but if you take credit for the sunshine, you also get blamed for the rain.
blame rain credit sunshine
Occasionally their New England roots make them a little embarrassed and awkward about showing that side of themselves.
roots england awkward side
Each treats the other with a great deal of respect. The relationships between the offices have been very professional and looking at both sides.
relationships respect great
It required each of them getting comfortable with the other,.. My sense was that the political problem was perceived more from the outside of the relationship than from the inside.
sense problem relationship political inside comfortable
attitude kind party desert liberal
It took each of them a little while to get used to the other and in the end this was inevitable. I don't think the governor was taken by the pressure one way or the other. I think the governor was not going to be rushed. He was going to do this on his own time.
time pressure end
When you tell people at a convention that you're from New Hampshire, they tend to hold on to your hand a little longer and look into your eyes a little deeper,.. But beyond that, there was no overt, 'Are you with me if I go?'
people eyes hand
We know how to do this.. There's kind of an elegant dance, as they say.
dance kind
[McCain sought his party's nomination in 2000. And during this year's Republican convention he drew quite an audience of Granite State delegates.] We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain,.. And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.
people run state great close audience
You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.
talent
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