Larry Sabato
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"Larry Joseph Sabato" is an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and director of its University of Virginia Center for Politics/Center for Politics. He founded Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections. He has been called "the most-quoted college professor in the land" and a "pundit (expert)/pundit with an opinion for every reporter’s phone call."

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The debt is going to be crushing.

He doesn't instinctively know what he should do in these circumstances.

This is Kaine's debate. It's Kaine's audience. It's probably Kaine's region, ... one of the most one-sided debates I've ever seen.

It's an important event. It's one of those moments in his presidency that people want to remember well and he has to give them an opportunity to do so.

There's no room on the agenda, there's no room in Congress and there's no room politically.

They're watching, ... Warner has the responsibility as party leader to come up with someone who can give Allen a run for his money so Allen has to spend down the millions he's accumulating for his all-but-announced presidential bid.

This is both a substantive and a stylistic problem for Bush. Stylistically, he needs to convince people that he is in charge now and he gets it now .

Wall Street people are noted for making early investments, whether for companies or for politicians.

If Warner doesn't find a strong candidate, he'll be held to account by national Democratic activists who vote in Iowa and New Hampshire.