1.   ...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.

2.   And although Republicans have not criticized him publicly, privately they say they believe he is a political liability.

3.   And though he had vetoed two previous Republican attempts to redo welfare, his advisers believed a third veto would become too big a political liability.

4.   And while the race against Gov. George Pataki was never going to be a cakewalk, he, too, has obvious political liabilities.

5.   Anyway, it may not matter whom Dole selects, so long as the person is not a Quayle-style political liability.

6.   As the plan became a political liability in an election season, a key Assembly committee canceled hearings on the project.

7.   Both men share the political liability of their close association with Suharto.

8.   A second strategy is to turn the bill into a political liability for Dole.

9.   Bush is very concerned about Enron becoming a political liability.

10.   But Enron, as it turned out, was not the only lurking political liability.