Mara Liasson

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

Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet.

— Mara Liasson

This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits.

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On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard…

— Mara Liasson

The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying…

— Mara Liasson

If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will…

— Mara Liasson

The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this…

— Mara Liasson

You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco…

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The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't…

— Mara Liasson

What does [Hillary] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI?

— Mara Liasson

Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.

— Mara Liasson

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…

— Mara Liasson

People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.

— Mara Liasson

Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began.

— Mara Liasson

[Hillary] Clinton has also struggled with key groups of voters.

— Mara Liasson

[Mike] Bloomberg aides says he's more likely to run if it's [Donald]Trump or [Ted] Cruz versus Sanders, then there would, presumably, be…

— Mara Liasson

The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back…

— Mara Liasson

Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton.

— Mara Liasson

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

— Mara Liasson

The lesson is that voters in both parties are in a very anti-establishment, populist mood. Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate.

— Mara Liasson

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

Democrats came into the race with a structural advantage in the Electoral College. Their big blue wall - the states that Democrats…

— Mara Liasson

I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican…

— Mara Liasson

Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans…

— Mara Liasson

The [Hillary] Clinton campaign's recent travel schedule shows how seriously it takes this problem. She and her surrogates have held rallies in…

— Mara Liasson