1.   He has shown a relentless ability to escape adversity and connect with voters, just as pundits were proclaiming his demise.

2.   Pop culture pundits have proclaimed the existence of Woodstock Nation and hip-hop nation, so why not Slam Nation?

3.   The pundits proclaimed the Clinton administration was on the ropes, the president about to collapse in the far corner of the ring.

4.   The recurring infamy that flows so freely from the brats in blue and silver will not be tolerated, the telephone pundits proclaim.