1.   And he wanted them to know he understood their struggle.

2.   All of us watching him up close understood the struggle.

3.   Bush told the former drug addicts and alcoholics at the program that he understood their struggles.

4.   But Smitherman says that blacks have no reason to challenge him, that he understands their struggles.

5.   But Van Wig says politicians are too far removed from the classroom to understand such struggles.

6.   Then the mother again, saying that Clinton understands the struggles of families.

7.   They understand the struggle.

8.   Washington, who understood the struggle that he led, refused to entertain the thought.