1.   Panicky Western politicians know that an economic golden age was torpedoed once before by rising oil prices.

2.   Politicians know all about the power of language.

3.   At least one local politician knows the despair of waiting for a recount.

4.   A politician never knows when a good job will be needed for a friend.

5.   Alexander said that some politicians know the NEA only as the organization that funded homoerotic photos from Robert Mapplethorpe or the aesthetic use of body fluids by Andres Serrano.

6.   Both politicians have known Ashanti since she was a child, because she comes from a prominent activist family.

7.   But a politician knows that losing touch with the people is ultimately dangerous.

8.   But politicians also know how to use an event.

9.   But politicians know how much people are willing to do to hold on to power.

10.   But politicians know that it is in the nature of the political wheel to turn.