1.   And because their numbers did not reach a majority in most cities, they were unable to take control of the political machinery.

2.   A timid approach, he explained, would have given Gingrich time to crank up his political machinery and mow down the insurgents.

3.   But the state political machinery in Florida bagged it for Bush Jr.

4.   But the basic political machinery, the institutions through which leaders are elected and dismissed, is still essentially those of the old dictatorship.

5.   During his remarkable rise to power, House Speaker Newt Gingrich routinely brushed off questions about the intricate political machinery that helped get him there.

6.   Lamm pressed some of the same themes of fiscal accountability and wholesale renovation of the American political machinery.

7.   Many state-owned water bureaucracies are bloated and corrupt, and sanitizing them is beyond even advanced political machinery.

8.   Newcomers to board contests are facing uphill battles against incumbents with the backing of political party machinery.

9.   Silver had deployed his considerable political machinery to help Ms. Rapfogel, and if she has lost, it will be a blow to his reputation.

10.   They see constituent service as expensive political machinery designed and built to protect incumbents.