41.   Franks said it appeared that the Taliban leadership was now concentrated in or around Kandahar, its political base and last remaining military stronghold.

42.   From the beginning, he has rejected the theory that governing from the center would broaden his political base.

43.   Gorton has a strong, long-nurtured political base in Clallam County.

44.   Having narrowed his political base, he now must try to broaden it.

45.   He also split Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Pflugerville, from her East Austin political base.

46.   He is a national Democrat, with a political base outside the South, a survivor in a party that lost its dominance in his home region years ago.

47.   He could hardly have done less without risking the alienation of his political base.

48.   He is highly likely to be confirmed, and as attorney general he will help Bush solidify his political base.

49.   He must broaden his political base by governing as a New Democrat, building a new governing coalition from the center out, not from the left in.

50.   He said that he named his political organization the Christian Coalition because his political base was largely among conservative evangelicals.