Bruce Cain Quotations

Basically. The rich and famous only need apply.

I think they may be playing it for all it's worth. If he's trying to get back on a bipartisan track, what better way than to pick a fight with the president?

It doesn't hurt for him to have a fight with Bush at this point, which would then differentiate him from Bush when this election hinges on how many Democrats and independents he can get in his corner,

It all portends a very rocky start to 2006 for the administration because the concerns are increasingly bipartisan.

First is the price tag - it's huge, and the financing details are fairly complex. People are going to want to know how realistic is it that you are going to get this money.

But on the margins it does recreate the dynamic that made Schwarzenegger's election in the recall possible in the first place.

To some degree, ... this election is a referendum on what people think about Arnold's concept of reform.

This was supposed to become a consumer-oriented office. For him to take money from the insurance industry is risky because people expect that position not to be in their pocket.

There's no question that the election is an impediment to negotiation.

Term limits make it harder to do structural initiatives that require a number of years to implement.

You're there to do a job and to represent your constituents. If you're not making decisions it seems to me you're not fulfilling your obligation.

This is her dilemma. A lot of the pressures of her constituency point to her taking a very aggressive position on withdrawing from Iraq. But her role as minority leader demands that she pick a position that does not damage the chances of Democrats in races around the country.

It's pretty clear that terrorism-war themes no longer work in keeping people in line.

It seemed to me the honeymoon with Brown wore off after the first term, and in the African American community, they weren't happy with Brown at all. He went sour with key elements of the city, and it's no good to be identified with him.

Arnold, or someone, has to sit through all this advice and sort out a coherent plan. One thing we haven't seen in the Schwarzenegger administration is coherence.

The last six weeks have gone to Bush. He's been able to move himself to the middle --and get himself back on the track he wanted.

In Sacramento, the sense of urgency is what often compels them to do anything and the sense of urgency is now gone.

In public esteem, the judges are the most highly rated of the three branches of government.

Their numbers are an estimate, all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible,