91. This population is a critical part of the PRI political machine. 92. This population is a critical part of the PRI political machine, which PRI candidate Francisco Labastida Ochoa is going to need to win. 93. Today, Powers stands atop a well-oiled political machine. 94. To account for this peculiar situation, Albany residents, long experienced to living in the fiefdom of an entrenched political machine, found the explanation in politics. 95. Unlike his predecessors, he has no political machine. 96. Under the former governing party, unions operated as pillars of the political machine, looking out for the interests of the employers. 97. Under the Pendergast political machine, Kansas City thrived as a center of gambling, prostitution and organized crime. 98. Whatever their reason for supporting Powell, most voters see the general as an exciting new option, someone from outside the Washington, D.C., political machine. 99. Yet even as Clinton takes care to give no hint of the consuming re-election drive under way, his White House is already humming like a well-oiled political machine. 100. Would the Democratic Party and organized labor be coming into the fall with their political machines oiled up and ready for a showdown? |