quicker than people imagine, the public reaction will be: He's lost, it's time to tie this up.

Those numbers are stronger than they were two weeks ago. A majority of people believe it was close, but Bush is ahead, and he is likely to win the presidency.

People who know that we're here will actually structure their time so that they (arrive at Pittsburgh) an hour or two early.

By the time we get to February 1, people will know who I am, what I believe, what I'm for, and what I would like to do if I were president,

After Clinton, it's much more difficult to paint Democrats as squishy on those issues.

McCain doesn't have the biggest chunk of territory in this race, but he has the most important chunk, and that's who's left to vote, that's the swing voters.