61.   It might not be the most effective of political strategies.

62.   Legislative goals are taking a back seat to political strategies as polls are showing a tight presidential race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

63.   Matalin, who was also an aide to President George Bush, will advise Cheney on communications and political strategy.

64.   Moscow, he argued, needs a political strategy.

65.   More lawmakers are rallying around the notion that enacting stronger privacy protections for American consumers is good public policy as well as sound political strategy.

66.   No popularity, no future, no political strategy.

67.   No one doubts that success in politics depends upon mastering campaign tactics and political strategy.

68.   No political strategy is considered more potent by Republicans or truer to their core beliefs than promising big tax cuts.

69.   Nor has he taken command of White House political strategy, the wide-reaching field run by senior counselor Karl Rove.

70.   On political strategy, too, he is also the final arbiter.