Word: sabato
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...their marriage is yet to come. But it may come sooner than either would like. "The real test of the Obama-Pelosi relationship will be what Pelosi does if the Senate, as expected, trims the House fat and pumps up the honest stimulus part of the bill," says Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "It seems to me that Obama is very likely to embrace the Senate approach. Will Pelosi go along with Obama or join the House liberals in trying to maintain the party's wish list as a big slice of the stimulus...
...votes was certified Monday by the Minnesota Canvassing Board (though Franken is still ensnarled by legal challenges from GOP incumbent Norm Coleman). "The Democratic Party is now running all three rings of the governmental circus, and a clown act has appeared in one of the rings," says Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "This is a moment when Democrats had hoped that they could keep the public's focus on their popular new President and the expansive agenda to get the economy back on track. But these human dramas are more interesting to most people...
...Ultimately, negotiators said, everyone left the table unhappy. "This is a classic 'orphan bill,' " said Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "A week after the vote, no one will claim parentage, and fingers will be pointed every which way. 'I held my nose and voted for it, lacking a good alternative,' will be the best anybody offers...
...hidden time bombs are the thousands of votes cast by Biden in the Senate, and the millions of words uttered by him publicly over 36 years," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "There has got to be rich material for negative ads in there. But then again, people don't vote for or against the vice presidential nominees." Indeed, perhaps with his choice in mind, Obama last week underlined that he would be the one making foreign policy decisions in the Oval Office, while acknowledging he was looking for someone to challenge...
Clinton's strategy worked against Obama in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The voters in those states are Romo's brethren and the Democratic base that Obama needs to hold. Obama should learn Clinton's lesson, says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Obama could use a little more empathy and a little less lecture," Sabato says. "Feel your pain, anyone?" The constituency is willing to be persuaded. Says Romo: "I'm hoping Obama would be a better steward of the economy, but I'm undecided." He adds, "I don't like McCain. McCain...