1.   And it is not at all clear that the political climate favors Republican tax-cutters at a time of low unemployment and a booming economy.

2.   Another element is that the current economic climate favors stocks and bonds because inflation is low.

3.   But the climate favors escalation over austerity.

4.   On the contrary, the political climate today favors the further relaxation of regulations that try to compensate for its defects.

5.   That climate favors anyone, like Bush, with ready-made name recognition.

6.   Neither side appears eager for new elections, in part because it is not clear whether the current political climate favors the president or his hard-line opponents.

7.   Sometimes climate favors the Russians.