Word: clout
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...Gatling: "We urge pro-life people to vote for any candidate in the Republican primary except John McCain." Part of what's fueling the activists' ire is McCain's call to ban soft money and restrict third-party "issue" ads. They see it as a major threat to their clout...
...Burton] doesn't have much political clout. If he says something, there going to be, at least for a while, a question about whether that's the right thing, and the best thing for the council," says council secretary James R. Griffin...
...India's problem is that it's an unrealized superpower," says Rahman. "Its policy makers believe the country has the potential to be a superpower and should be treated as such, but they also know they don't carry that kind of clout...
Some Cuba watchers even see the Elian case as a potential springboard for a broader diplomatic opening. The Clinton Administration may feel it can afford to improve ties now that the exile community in Miami has squandered some of its clout on the Elian drama. If George W. Bush, the brother of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, emerges as the Republican presidential nominee, some Democrats figure they probably can't win Florida anyway. So why not take advantage of the moment to build a few bridges to Havana...
...shrugged. "On the other side of life, he can't get mad when he hears from some 60-year-old infant, some poor dupe like this guy in Queens who kneels down in church with two old women to give him some clout. He calls up, 'Please, Jesus, I'm playing my dead father's police-shield number in the lottery. Please let me win. It'll make up for the terrible loss...