Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The lesson is that voters in both parties are in a very anti-establishment, populist mood. Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the… — 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
Many people feel he did cross a line in a way he hadn't even done before and also that Republicans had to… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a candidate who divided his own party more deeply than any presidential candidate has before. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Well, it's possible that the new infusion of ad money against Donald Trump kept his margins in Kentucky and Louisiana down a… — 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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