The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Democrats came into the race with a structural advantage in the Electoral College. Their big blue wall - the states that Democrats… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him.… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The Democrats pulled out one of their most powerful surrogates - and no, it wasn't President [Barack] Obama. Beyoncé showed up at… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
For Democrats, anything less than 15 net pickups will be a disappointing outcome [in presidency race]. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary is that… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will have shut… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't focused on,… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
What does [Hillary] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI? — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
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![“Democrats came into the race with a structural advantage in the Electoral College. Their big blue wall - the states that Democrats have won in the past six presidential elections - gave [Hillary] Clinton a strong base to build on.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca5/mara-liasson-8465_advantage_democrats-came-into-the-race-with-a-stru_1009727.jpg)
![“Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him. They'd lose Senate and House seats.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/785/mara-liasson-8465_cruz_republicans-think-that-ted-cruz-would-be_1805803.jpg)
![“The Democrats pulled out one of their most powerful surrogates - and no, it wasn't President [Barack] Obama. Beyoncé showed up at a GOTV rally in Cleveland, joining her husband, Jay Z, and Hillary Clinton.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c4e/mara-liasson-8465_barack_the-democrats-pulled-out-one-of-their-mo_2212947.jpg)
![“For Democrats, anything less than 15 net pickups will be a disappointing outcome [in presidency race].” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e13/mara-liasson-8465_democracy_for-democrats-anything-less-than-15-net_3157253.jpg)
![“As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/345/mara-liasson-8465_democracy_as-one-person-said-to-me-republicans-kno_3224618.jpg)
![“This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/136/mara-liasson-8465_clinton_this-year-2016-however-polls-show-hillar_82944.jpg)
![“On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative talk show hosts - they're mounting a big anti-Trump effort, pro-Cruz effort because they think [Donald] Trump is dangerous and he's…” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf4/mara-liasson-8465_bigs_on-the-other-side-you-have-the-conservat_271190.jpg)
![“You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich - they have formed a circular firing squad.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc3/mara-liasson-8465_candidates_you-have-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz-battl_506232.jpg)
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