Stuart Rothenberg

We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.

California is going to be quite good for the Democrats. But the rest of the country is a draw.

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.

I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him.

The environment is better and better for Democrats.

Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.