Word: traction
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...with Royal's often vague, confused and gaffe-prone campaign. Pollsters had expected that Bayrou's pre-spring bloom would have withered by now - after all, his centrist Union for a Democratic France (UDF) has only 5% of the seats in the National Assembly. Instead, he has found real traction with his challenge to the endless left-right battle that, he says, has locked French politics into an ideological echo-chamber. Most polls give Bayrou 19% of the vote, putting Royal's lead over him well within the margin of error...
...While the new government and its platform are unlikely to sway the U.S. and Israel, it may yet gain traction because of doubts among other stakeholders that continuing the blockade will yield a positive result. And the fact that it comes tied to a renewed Saudi-led Arab peace process, one which both the U.S. and Israel have pondered exploring further, may raise the temptation to engage the new Palestinian government, imperfect as it may be, and closely monitor its behavior and its evolution...
...black pumps Coco designed to elongate the appearance of the leg. Now available in countless color combinations, they're sharing the spotlight with brands like Delman and Azzedine Alaļa. And while the traditional quilted suede and toe bows are as popular as ever, embellished adaptations are gaining traction. London Sole, a celebrity favorite, stocks in excess of 400 options, using fanciful materials like glitter and faux snakeskin. New classics include versions from Tod's with rubber soles and an elasticized edge, as well as Tory Burch, whose popular Reva style has generated wait lists of up to 200 people...
...afraid of change, and he's not afraid of his audience flying away. In fact, every time he's become successful at something, he's stopped doing it. As soon as he became famous as an impressionist, he stopped doing characters. After he got traction as a stand-up, he retired his act, going onstage without any material, often being overtly hostile to his audience. When that got him a job on Fox's sketch show In Living Color and led quickly to a $20 million paycheck, he decided to ditch his devoted Adam Sandler-loving audience by making...
...permissible for presidential candidates. Beinart's good black/bad black dynamic is the sort of armchair logic that comes from not spending much time around actual black people. As the New Republic points out, Sharpton has an overstated following among black people. In 2004, when Sharpton ran for President, his traction among his alleged base was underwhelming. In South Carolina, where almost half of all registered Dems were black, both John Kerry and John Edwards received twice as many black votes as Sharpton. But this hasn't stopped media outlets from phoning Sharpton whenever something even remotely racial goes down...