The fact that Bush is maintaining 80 to 84 percent approval of Republicans even in these very difficult times I think is a terrific story.

Quicker than people imagine, the public reaction will be: He's lost, it's time to tie this up.

All these [results] suggest unstable days ahead in the Republican caucus.

His standing to prosecute that case has been made more difficult.

It is a very difficult place to be.

That's how [Democrats] would like this election defined. It is hard for me to believe that a congressional majority would be so flat-footed as to allow that to happen.

Those numbers are stronger than they were two weeks ago. A majority of people believe it was close, but Bush is ahead, and he is likely to win the presidency.

After Clinton, it's much more difficult to paint Democrats as squishy on those issues.

McCain doesn't have the biggest chunk of territory in this race, but he has the most important chunk, and that's who's left to vote, that's the swing voters.