George Will: “National Democrats understand that if they are going…to win control of
the House, O’Donnell must lose, so their help for his opponent will be unstinting. The phrase ‘Speaker Pelosi’ will not be heard in 2007” if O’Donnell wins.

Roll Call: “Democrats say O’Donnell, running unchallenged in the Republican primary, has all the makings of a formidable general election opponent. He is smooth, articulate and telegenic.”

Rothenberg Report: Listing his favorite candidates for Congress across the country this year, Stuart Rothenberg included
O’Donnell: “O’Donnell conveys a sense of accomplishment, maturity and common sense.”

The Cook Political Report's senior editor, Amy Walter, said “she has seen O'Donnell in Washington talking about tax reform and cleaning up Capitol Hill. He gets it. He knows he can't run as a Bush Republican. He is starting to define himself."