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“I think the White House is filled with confrontation, and is doing things to continue it. The White House and congressional Democrats think that they have the upper hand. They look at the surveys, they look at the polls, they think the Republicans are going to get blamed.”

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Stuart Rothenberg

Stuart Rothenberg, born in 1948, is a seasoned editor with over four decades of experience in the field of news and media. He has held editorial positions at several prominent media outlets and is known for his in-depth analysis of politics and elections. Rothenberg's work has had a profound impact on the public's understanding and engagement with the political process. more

“I think the Republican Party has changed. I think our politics have changed. The parties have deteriorated in their strength. They decentralized. We have these new super PACs and outside organizations and the Tea Party, a libertarian movement in the Republican Party. It's very different. And I think these Republicans now are very scared.”

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Author:Stuart Rothenberg

“It was a very different Republican Party in 2013. And so I think particularly the House Republicans are more confrontational, less willing to compromise even than the Republican class of '94.”

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Author:Stuart Rothenberg

“The thing that is different I think from the years ago, when I was covering the shutdown at the Clinton White House. Then, it was a different political landscape. At that point, a third of House Republicans in the 1995 shutdown were in congressional districts that had been won by Bill Clinton. 7 percent of House Republicans are in congressional districts that were won by Barack Obama shows you how much more partisan the whole country is. A lot of the bridges that used to be used to reach a deal when you needed to reach a compromise have been blown up in the past years.”

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“The worst time to take a survey is in the middle of a cataclysmic event.”

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Author:Stuart Rothenberg