And the political campaign aspects of this mess at election time are interesting too.
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All offer populist programs, which seems to buy them a pass at election time.
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It also knows how it feels to face international criticism at election time.
Played up to at election time, they find their concerns promptly abandoned thereafter, outliers more than ever in a refashioned political order.
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More political messaging at election time helps create a better informed democracy.
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"We've never had that direct accountability of our policing to a person that you can hire and fire at election time, " he said.
But we are all supposed to read such stories at election time, and then forget them for the next five years until the next elections.
Of course some people would say well voters can sack their MP's at election time, but you'd like them to be able to go further.
Advocates of such curbs argue that if corporations can spend freely at election time, their deep pockets will give them undue influence and corrupt the political process.
Unemployment will dip somewhat then increase again to about 9% at election time because there will be no significant job bills enacted and political gridlock will dampen demand.
However, not all Baltic voters reward success at election time.
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And that is so, even though he and every congressman knows that the party will be hurt at election time if it fails to pass a budget expeditiously.
And they are currently still defending why, at election time, they thought that any cuts this year would harm the economy but now, in government, believe they are necessary.
The ANC is a political behemoth, regularly attracting over 60% of votes at election time, and its DNA continues to be that of a liberation party, the oldest one in Africa, celebrating its centenary next year.
Some, especially those who lead big churches, are courted by politicians at election time, not to mention that as in many countries around the globe, churches are exempt of taxes in Brazil, which can sometimes create a very convenient loophole.
So after the tub-thumping at election time, an awful lot of this job for those who do get elected will be about hard negotiation in the boardroom between PCCs and chief constables over what is right for local people - but also for national policing.
In looking at election data from 1992, 2000 and 2002, political scientists Marc Hetherington of Vanderbilt University and Jonathan Weiler of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that places where spanking is more likely to be used to discipline children tend to lean Republican.
Anger was strong against Mr Bush at the 2002 mid-term election, yet the Democratic leadership at that election was a disaster, and the party was slaughtered.
All of these schemes - and a continued pursuit of smaller class sizes - will be funded by an increase in spending in education, promised by the prime minister at this election as at the last.
Reducing the list by at least 100, 000 was a key election pledge at the last election, and this was achieved in March 2000.
As the public made clear at the election, the euro is a unique issue that will ultimately be settled at a referendum.
The Lib Dem vote was 10% down on the general election at the Corby by-election two weeks ago, although their fourth place there looks positively healthy by Thursday's standards.
The ballot paper in a by-election is like at a general election, with voters putting a X in the box next to the name of the candidate they want to vote for.
Now, as the Social Democrats begin to run out of steam, Mr Klaus and his core of friends, though still behind in the opinion polls, think they have a chance of getting back at the next election, due at the latest next year.
Disability Cornwall chairman Steve Paget said he was "staggered" and "appalled" at the election result.
Past California ballot initiatives have shown the perils of governing at the election booth.
But it is almost certain to be voted out at an election due next year.
But whatever happens at that election, these liberals are wrong about the longer-term drift of American politics.
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