The election battlefield appears to be shrinking as Republicans choose where to make their stands.
People outside America have no control or influence over who the Republicans choose to be their candidate.
"It forces the stay-the-course Republicans to chose between the president and their districts."
The credit due is the greater because leading Republicans chose to make health care reform a partisan issue.
"This is the road Republicans chose for America," he added.
But Republicans consistently choose oil and gas interests over a cleaner world.
As a result, some Republicans chose to part company with their colleagues.
But he said some other Republicans might have chosen to "hear what they wanted to hear."
Republicans have chosen a ticket that seems certain to win one state - Texas - almost effortlessly.
Some Republicans were picking and choosing among the articles of impeachment.