You can get a nomination and the individual winning is unacceptable to a large faction of the party. That's a problem.

He has to make a credible case that what he's doing isn't damaging the party but, rather, reinvigorating it.

Colorado has become a battleground state for both liberal and conservative forces. It's one of the states in play.

In California, this polarized the electorate and created a huge Latino voting bloc.

They're going into this election without their standard-bearer.

Our joke sitting there was that his drinking less than an ounce would shift to a shot and a beer.

The lay of the land appears very amenable to close, hard-fought campaigns.

The last decade was dominated by Bill Owens. The Owens era is ending because of term limits.

I told him that if he ran (for governor) his bipartisan honeymoon as mayor would come to an end and partisanship would dominate quickly.