1.   Each, like the Preisdent himself, is by nature far more of a negotiator and consensus builder than a political trench warrior.

2.   In considering a candidacy, Powell had certain insights to bring from a career in the political trenches of the Pentagon and the byzantine corridors of the White House.

3.   Out in the political trenches, people are talking.

4.   Those who make their living in the political trenches say targeting supervoters is a purely practical decision.

5.   While Symington was waging war in the political trenches, his developments were topping out, then beginning to slide.

6.   In the courts and in the talking head arguments that have become nonstop television fare, there is political trench warfare on both sides.