21.  A photo op with Clinton can earn far more political capital than any visit to a local pub.

22.  A law giving buses the right of way would be useful, he said, but is not something that he would expend a lot of political capital on.

23.  Abortion-rights advocates find themselves defending something that really is grisly, which makes them seem like extremists and has cost them enormous political capital.

24.  Abortion rights supporters spent considerable political capital and called in favors just to keep others from defecting.

25.  After all, there was no political capital to be hauled in when he was tutoring those migrant children down in Cotulla at the beginning of his teaching career.

26.  After Kargil, there seemed little hope of Vajpayee again spending political capital on a grand gesture of peace.

27.  After that deal fell through, governors were hesitant to expend the political capital to work out an agreement that might, in the end, fall through.

28.  All three leaders used their resulting political capital to push through constitutional amendments allowing re-election.

29.  Both leaders have staked the bulk of their political capital in trying to ensure they will be among the first countries to join the currency union.

30.  Both leaders have staked the bulk of their political capital in trying to insure they will be among the first countries to join monetary union.