21.   It was the political equivalent of a sneak attack.

22.   Kerrey has never considered Nebraska the political equivalent of a post-office box.

23.   McCain always knew that it would take the political equivalent of a perfect game to win the Republican presidential nomination.

24.   Maybe press secretaries are the political equivalent of sociopaths.

25.   No wonder the average citizen of the United States regards state government as the political equivalent of tooth-flossing.

26.   On all of them, the GOP congressional leadership has either abjectly surrendered or maintained the political equivalent of strict radio silence.

27.   One senator could argue that because the evidence was gray, Thomas deserved the benefit of the doubt, the political equivalent of the presumption of innocence.

28.   Roger Altman is, of course, not the first person to face the political equivalent of the third degree.

29.   That giant grinding sound you hear under the Capitol dome is the political equivalent of reinventing the wheel.

30.   That is the political equivalent of misusing company assets to fatten their bank accounts.