1.  Some of this was done no doubt to keep control in choppy political waters.

2.  Asia has little control over oil, but Robinson said the region could improve its economic prospects by calming its political waters.

3.  Before fleeing the United States, Prevoisin roiled the Mexican political waters with allegations of secret political contributions.

4.  A controversy involving the brothers exemplified the way McGahn could roil the political waters.

5.  A presidential spouse has to be willing to carry a lot of political water, often at the expense of ordinary marital considerations.

6.  After two months of testing the political waters one toe at a time, former US Representative Brian J. Donnelly is set to announce his candidacy for governor today.

7.  Bryant, a New England native and former New Hampshire state representative, knew how to navigate the political waters, and she talked her way into the project.

8.  But even as that bipartisan group was trying to calm the political waters, larger storms were brewing over appropriations.

9.  But even some of her supporters had to allow that she had misread the political waters.

10.  But like Colin Powell, he looked at the turbulent political waters and decided to keep his feet dry.