91.   But high incomes can result for reasons that have little to do with merit, reflecting rich parents, luck or manipulation of the political process.

92.   But none of this has prevented New Hampshire from influencing the national political process.

93.   But Pseudo.com says its chat rooms are filled with people saying they are new to the political process.

94.   But she put her decision on hold to avoid upsetting the existing political process until the expected appeals were exhausted.

95.   But such outsized salaries as those offered this week to Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriquez corrupt the game in the same way that soft money corrupts the political process.

96.   But the political process has kept some targets off the list.

97.   But the pitfalls of the political process, force even the most successful politicians to run scared.

98.   But the pitfalls of the political process, especially the quest for a major office, force even the most successful politicians to run scared.

99.   But there is absolutely no better place to see the American political process up close and personal.

100.   But they could do nothing, because Starr was not accountable to our political process.