Aubrey Jewett Quotations

Given some of the advantages Davis had at the start of the race - the better name recognition and being from a bigger media market and being a U.S. Rep. and Smith being hampered by fundraising for almost a month - If I was Smith I'd be pretty happy with where I was.

His numbers aren't moving because the underlying concerns of the people giving him low approval ratings are not being addressed.

It is difficult in this particular election for any of the candidates to establish an issue, call it their own and get credit for it.

The president and the Republican Congress really need to come up with a positive agenda of two or three bread-and-butter issues that all people, or most people, can get behind.

Flying on the space shuttle is a big part of his public persona.

Anything can be attacked in this political environment.

They're going to show up and they're going to open their pocketbooks and wallets and the Republican Party of Florida will be rolling the money out in huge wheelbarrows.

Smith reminds me of people like Bob Graham and Lawton Chiles and Reubin Askew. Just as sort of an image, the more the Democratic candidate can get people to think about earlier popular Democratic governors, the better chance they have to win.

In a close presidential race, Florida is probably the most important state.

Clay Shaw's going to need every dollar he can get. I wouldn't say he's the most vulnerable incumbent in Congress but I do think he is the most vulnerable incumbent in Florida right now.