We still live in a time where people feel threatened, and the Democrats have been at a disadvantage on this issue, and for them to make progress they have to address it.

Bush's numbers are going from bad to worse, and there is no silver lining. People just see more and more bad news everywhere and they don't see a way out.

The No. 1 instinct in politics is survival, ... going to have a much harder time than he's had so far in ... keeping people close to him.

People do make a distinction between what someone does in his personal life and his ability to do his job. However, if this involved perjury or obstruction of justice, which speaks to his role as president, the public has not come to any conclusion on that yet.

To rebuild his personal trust he must get people feeling better about his performance.

The Democrats like to say that Murkowski thinks he's too good to ride with the people on Alaska Airlines.