1.   In this precarious financial position, the party can hardly afford the restrictions on its fund-raising recently Decreed by President Clinton.

2.   The party cannot afford to lose touch with political reality.

3.   At a time when pollsters say tha they want their elected officials to cooperate, neither party can afford to be too antagonistic.

4.   A Democratic leadership aide said the dissidents are unlikely to suffer retaliation, in part because the party cannot afford to alienate its dwindling number of Southern lawmakers.

5.   But can either party afford to ignore its most powerful weapon in this deadlocked race?

6.   But even those officials with misgivings about the new strategy say the party cannot afford to accept its role as a popular but toothless political movement.

7.   Democrats and Republicans alike have failed to address this issue, but neither party can afford to any longer.

8.   Even for this, the parties cannot afford to get on the wrong side of Mendoza.

9.   If peace is to be achieved, the parties cannot afford to tolerate the growing acceptance of these myths as reality.

10.   In addition, some Republicans say that the national party cannot afford to alienate California because it relies heavily on donations from the state.