It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Politics is all a matter of timing.
So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues.
Well, you know, what's so exciting, is that it was a really telling campaign as well. Whenever we start looking at the differences, they could never be more clear.
If we could have somehow stayed away from the public and the press, it might have been different, but every private issue seemed to be played out on the front page.
To me, it's a different kind of voter suppression to constantly try to make people feel like the election is over before it's even begun.
The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.
Every election is hectic.
Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism.
What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.
The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in.