First, a voter judges the incumbent and if he doesn't measure up, the voter judges the challenger.
"The older he gets and if he doesn't win it makes my record move out further, " Nicklaus said before the Masters.
And if he doesn't, then this case, this allegation, amounts to nothing.
This allegation, not included in the Starr referral, is even more curious than the previous one, because it's based on a novel legal theory, which is -- jeopardizes all lawyers in the building -- which is that a client has an enforceable obligation to correct his attorney's alleged misstatements, and if he doesn't make those corrections, he, the client, will be held liable to charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
And even if he doesn't, you can guarantee his head will be held high and he will be bending his back to the last.
Among those polishing their resumes include spokesman McCurry, counselor Doug Sosnik and, if he doesn't get Bowles' job, chief lobbyist John Hilley.
Gerald Holtham's work was apparently respected within Whitehall and even if he doesn't chair the Welsh Calman his previous reports could form part of the new commission's report.
Schumer asked the SEC to prohibit the practice, and if it doesn't he plans to introduce legislation to stop it.
If Weiner makes it at least to a widely expected Democratic primary runoff, as many feel he could, "then he will dramatically show that he's back and that he has a viable political career, even if he doesn't win, " said George Arzt, a veteran Democratic political consultant who isn't working with any mayoral candidates this year.
Bill Gates, the world's most generous person, says that as long as he helps eradicate deadly diseases like polio and malaria, he doesn't care if he's forgotten after his death.
Congressional leaders have urged him to resign and have threatened to expel him if he doesn't.
Keith Busse is as courageous as anyone you will ever meet and fears no fight, but if he doesn't get his stock up he will have a fight he can't win.
When a conductor makes an announcement about a mysterious, undesired and unscheduled stop, if he or she doesn't know the length of a delay, that's precisely what they will tell you.
And he's even hinted that he might do that if the House doesn't pass the FISA bill that he wants.
And basically, he doesn't want to stay if he's not going to be chairman of Ways and Means, so he's decided to retiree.
The experimenter tells the child he's going to leave the room for a little while, and that if the child doesn't eat the marshmallow until he comes back, he'll be rewarded with two marshmallows.
The woman grabbed my arm, and said you there, elf, tell Riley here that if he doesn't start behaving immediately, then Santa's going to change his mind and bring him coal for Christmas.
"He uses technocrats who perform and he doesn't feel insecure if someone knows better, " says former Agriculture Minister Guy Scott.
" Says Democratic state representative Frederica Wilson, who is pressing Bush to open a grand jury investigation into the DCF's disasters: "If he doesn't stop and get a handle on this, he's going to look clueless and heartless come fall.
Or if you want to run as an Independent, do that, but don't try and have it both ways, running as a Democrat in the primary and if it doesn't work out, he's going to, you know, bolt the party and run as an Independent.
And if somebody doesn't pop, then maybe he's not going to stay around as long.
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And even if it doesn't pan out, he's satisfied with his experiment.
"I just hope he gets an opportunity, but equally if he doesn't, it shows him he's still in the England picture and has got a chance if he continues to do well, " Farbrace said.
"The next time I am going to vote Republican if he doesn't do something serious and concrete for immigration reform, " he says.
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The oldest boxer to win a major title, the 48-year-old Hopkins said he could retire a champion if he's no longer inspired and the right bout doesn't materialize.
If he doesn't take action, Newtown and the whole of Mid Wales will end up paying the price.
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"I don't think we win the game if he doesn't go to the line and make those free throws, " Boeheim said.
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