1.   Although an independent commission later cleared Carey of any wrongdoing, his opponents have used the accusations as campaign fodder.

2.   And congressional Democrats angling for campaign fodder will try to thwart the GOP at every turn.

3.   Both parties began playing their political cards Thursday, trading accusations that could become campaign fodder this fall if the tobacco bill fails.

4.   Naturally, it has become campaign fodder for the presidential election in July.

5.   On the other hand, there were a few surprise developments that could provide campaign fodder for Bush opponents.

6.   Sexual peccadillos of presidential candidates have long been campaign fodder.

7.   That thinking could change if either political party were to seize on the issue as campaign fodder.

8.   The revelations, therefore, could not become campaign fodder against her or her husband.

9.   The verbal fisticuffs over the Middle East between the White House and House Speaker Newt Gingrich continued Wednesday as foreign policy emerged as another partisan issue for campaign fodder.

10.   A song by pop star Billy Joel has become campaign fodder in the Senate race between Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.