Steven Schier Quotations

Lightning probably won't strike again. Jesse's undistinguished tenure as governor in Minnesota, coupled with Arnold's troubles in California, make it unlikely that celebrity candidates will ever have the inviting luster of novelty that they had a few years ago.

She has a lot of assets she brings to the race - money and name recognition. But she is liberal, and the 6th District is not.

We are many, many yards away from a score.

There are large national movements afoot about redistricting and union dues that are looking to this referendum ... for momentum, ... If either measure wins or loses, it will have dramatic consequences for whether these national movements move ahead or get stopped in their tracks.

They were expecting to move on to a bunch of other things in the second term like Social Security reform and the 'ownership society,' but all that has been pushed aside because of Iraq. It's the whale in the bathtub for the administration.

They're working at cross purposes. These factions are colliding in ways they didn't before.

This president is not the esteemed public figure he was four years ago when he had considerable capital and high job-approval ratings and was able to leverage that into success in the mid-term elections. Now he's in reduced circumstances politically, but that doesn't mean you abandon the field and give up trying to help candidates and your party.

A common focus is to curb the social cost of behavior of young people.

It's one less Minnesotan on committees dealing with national policies as they relate to Minnesota.

It's the opposite of Teflon, ... What would we call it? Velcro? President Bush lately has been a Velcro president.

It's likely the next nominee will not be as bulletproof as Roberts. Bush is going to do what he wants to do. If he has to fight for it, he's still going to get what he wants. This is not an administration that blinks.

It's likely the next nominee will not be as bulletproof as Roberts, ... Bush is going to do what he wants to do. If he has to fight for it, he's still going to get what he wants. This is not an administration that blinks.

No Minnesota voter under the age of 53 has ever been able to vote for Walter Mondale for Senate.

If you can build a narrative around a series of seemingly related events, it becomes more compelling, and this narrative fits together very well for Democrats.

cannot do it for everybody. . . . If you're selling a really unusual candidate, then wacky ads can work.

I think things are more confused now than in several years, and I think the reason is that the governor is vacillating on it. He's all for it, but he's not doing anything about it. I am certain that his behavior is at the center of the Twins' frustration.