1.   And his entire Senate career has been a nonstop partisan brawl over budget deficits.

2.   As expected, the issue set off an end-of-session partisan brawl.

3.   If you want partisan brawls, lively impeachments and really good smut in the Senate, elect a professional.

4.   The debate has turned into an ugly partisan brawl.

5.   The debate has turned into an ugly partisan brawl, but in recent days Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said he wants to seek a compromise.

6.   But instead of a pitched partisan brawl, the two candidates are engaged in a polite dash to the political middle.

7.   Setting the stage for a partisan brawl, President Clinton sided with organized labor Wednesday and barred federal contracts from going to companies that hire replacement workers during strikes.