11.   As de facto leader of the PRI, Zedillo plotted a strategy to update its deteriorating political machine.

12.   As a young man, he recalls watching the corrupt political machine at work and vowing to change things if he ever got a chance.

13.   At least the Chicago political machine makes things work for the citizens.

14.   Besides building a financial power base, Djukanovic had to build a political machine as well.

15.   Big city political machines have invariably been Democratic.

16.   A charisma-challenged career bureaucrat, Zedillo has the advantage of the vast PRI political machine, which turns out crowds with ease.

17.   After graduation, he joined the reform wing of the Manhattan Democratic Party, which was challenging the Tammany Hall political machine that had controlled Democratic politics for decades.

18.   After winning office, he would raise funds to both pay off the debts and fuel his political machine for the next two-year cycle.

19.   Brown is the boss of a political machine in a one-party town.

20.   Bush has a built-in advantage here thanks to the political machine of Governor Thomas Ridge.