1.   Gilmore had to motivate religious-right voters without alienating other voters.

2.   The latest tax proposals will alienate many voters.

3.   To do so would alienate black voters whom he desperately needs.

4.   An administration adviser to Putin characterized the leader as a novice politician in an unfamiliar position, likely to make mistakes that occasionally alienate voters.

5.   And rather than take the offensive, some seemed to be hanging their hopes on the possibility that Senate Democrats will alienate voters by overreaching in pressing their agenda.

6.   And the intangible possibility that his aggressively ideological oratory and his all-or-nothing stand against abortion may have alienated voters from the Republican Party.

7.   And they asserted that Bradley had shifted tone Monday not because of concerns about alienating undecided voters but because he wanted to finish with an uplifting message.

8.   And Zyuganov cannot afford to alienate those voters as he scurries about the country seeking the presidency.

9.   Any compromise, of course, will alienate some voters.

10.   Any misstep could alienate black voters at a time when Gingrich is actively courting them.