"It's all about the president, Anderson."
"If Kerry doesn't -- all Kerry has to do is show up and not throw up at the debates in the convention and he's going to be the next president."
"His job performance rating in that poll is 46. His vote is 44. He's going to lose."
"It's all about the president, Anderson. When the president is up for re-election it is a referendum on his job."
"Yes, and no. Yes, I think he should be a little stronger on criticizing the president on Iraq. It's an ongoing operation. I think it's a disaster."
"The fundamental policy critique I think is there. Which is that the president didn't line up the kind of international coalition, we didn't need to go to war how and when we did."
"You know, it's not how voters approach an incumbent's re-election. 7/8 of this election is going to be how is Bush doing? How is the president doing."
"I think he's attacked him in general not in specific and maybe that's just a different way of saying the same thing."
"I think the White House has done a terrible job. They should just relax."
"The biggest thing I think he could do if he wants to and there's ample time for this is to point out the falsehoods that we've been given about how the president handled it."
"No sensible person blames President Bush for 9/11 but no sensible person believes him when he says that there was no threat warning."