It could also drive a wedge between Obama and the 60% who approve of him.
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Trade barriers, transport costs and differences in taxes drive a wedge between prices in different countries.
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Yet, you could try to drive a wedge between the natural rate and the real growth rate.
Life, as the book is called, is hardly going to drive a wedge between The Glimmer Twins.
Nonpartisan strategists might argue that this approach would drive a wedge between reasonable Republicans and the House radicals.
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Indonesia's justice minister, Muladi, said the bombing was a deliberate attempt to drive a wedge between religious groups.
He used his combative speeches to drive a wedge between the working class and the elite in his country.
Diemer admits this is a weapon that is meant to drive a wedge between the Iraqi people and the American soldier.
North Korea, which is threatening to conduct a proscribed satellite launch in mid-April, wants to drive a wedge between the allies.
The events have raised concern that Syria's sectarian conflict could drive a wedge between Turkey's Sunni majority and the country's Shiite sects.
Taking Vaharai would drive a wedge between Trincomalee and Batticaloa, Tamil-dominated districts.
Better still would be to drive a wedge between Europe and America.
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With the power of the Tea Party waning, Obama is shrewdly trying to drive a wedge between the GOP extremists and the mainstream.
And now a new proposal, from a broad group of Palestinian intellectuals, politicians and business people, could drive a wedge between the two.
"Government policy is designed specifically to drive a wedge between global energy prices and energy bills, now and in the future, " said Mr Davy.
He said the British government should seek to drive a wedge between the top of President Assad's regime and the bulk of its security services.
That will reassure South Korea and Japan, which despaired that Mr Bush's negotiations sometimes allowed North Korea to drive a wedge between America and its allies.
They obviously see an opportunity to not only drive a wedge in the support of some Democrats for the President, but also trying to rally their base.
Price controls create shortages, and they also drive a wedge between the price of a good or service and what people are willing to pay or accept.
"It happens that every time an election year comes up, they know that creating fear and hysteria about the border will drive a wedge, " Mr Romo says.
Its part-time Scottish secretary appears unable to counter Alex Salmond, the wily nationalist leader of the Scottish government, who aims to drive a wedge between Westminster and Holyrood.
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Mr Cossiga doubtless now hopes to drive a wedge between Mr Berlusconi and Mr Fini and perhaps pop through the gap as a new candidate to lead the right.
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The U.S. State Department has accused Boko Haram of attacking mosques and churches to incite tensions between the two religious groups, hoping to drive a wedge between them.
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Mr. Maliki, apparently attempting to drive a wedge between the harder- and softer-line ministers, has vowed to fire most of those who don't attend meetings in the coming days.
But the U.S. State Department has accused its leaders of having ties to the al Qaeda terrorist network and of hoping to drive a wedge between Nigeria's Christian and Muslim communities.
More importantly, although the country's structural policies, and in particular its cosy brand of capitalism, did indeed drive a wedge between the two men, the differences appear to be largely ones of public relations.
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But airlines, banks and others began to worry that this would drive a wedge between them and their customers so Microsoft now also offers software that will allow clients to run their own identity services.
In the past eight years the outgoing governor, Pete Wilson, perfected the use of highly charged issues notably immigration and the death penalty to drive a wedge between Democratic enthusiasts and the rest of the population.
"If Pyongyang thought its recent threats would drive a wedge between South Korea and the United States, or somehow garner the North international respect, today is further evidence that North Korea has failed again, " Mr. Obama said.
If democratic reform efforts in Muslim majority nations progress over the next five years, political participation probably would drive a wedge between intransigent extremists and groups willing to use the political process to achieve their local objectives.
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