1.   After more than two Decades on the national scene, the methodical Gore is a seasoned politician.

2.   Although he is a seasoned local politician, Feiner said he was surprised to discover that running in a national race was almost entirely about fund raising.

3.   Acting like any seasoned politician, he put himself at the front of the marchers, waving to onlookers as he paraded by.

4.   His donations have helped garner him the kind of fealty from party cadres that more seasoned politicians secure by rising through the ranks.

5.   It is sometimes hard to see the seasoned politician in Ms. Johnson.

6.   It is hard to imagine King Abdullah holding his own against such seasoned politicians, let alone wringing concessions from them.

7.   Part of the problem, others say, is that Pastrana has surrounded himself with close friends rather than naming seasoned politicians to high government posts.

8.   Seasoned politicians were pinching themselves.

9.   The pool of seasoned female politicians has deepened in recent years as more women are encouraged to try to make the jump from state legislatures to national office.

10.   The only seasoned politician who has publicly contemplated carrying the Reform Party banner next year is Lowell P. Weicker Jr., the former independent governor of Connecticut.