1.   And suddenly, national politics does not seem to be so distant an exercise.

2.   And the politics of oil seem inherently divisive.

3.   Besides, all the silly politics just seem out of place.

4.   But high politics seemed to play a lesser role in January, when the justices heard the case.

5.   But Mexican politics seemed so impenetrable, he said, that he has never felt close to it.

6.   But they have succeeded best where conventional politics has seemed paralyzed and corrupt.

7.   Does it make politics seem easy?

8.   For a change, issues really are paramount, which makes traditional politics seem unusually silly.

9.   Geis spoke wistfully of a time when politics seemed more tangible and urgent.

10.   How do both play politics at a time when politics seems to be threatening the much-vaunted American electoral process.