The Russian looked like he might win the final stage as well but with rain starting to fall he crashed with one kilometre remaining.
By promising to be a caretaker for only five years or so, he might win the support of younger colleagues who want to wait a while before chasing the top job themselves.
But when it looked as if Gordon Brown was about to call an election that he might win in 2007, Mr Eustice was elbowed aside in favour of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson - seen as a tougher and more experienced operator, in the Alastair Campbell mould.
The funny thing is that if the Supremes take the case, which I understand is not that likely, he just might win.
Maybe a leader can't ever admit that he might not win.
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To make matters worse, polls are starting to suggest for the first time that he might not win a hypothetical race in November with Al Gore.
Then, as now, Kucinich dared uniquely to be unabashedly liberal, which stirred blogosphere support for the man but generated almost no expectation that he might actually win.
These events, and an unwillingness to stand for any elected office that he might actually win, have, says Mr Page, reinforced Mr Jackson's image as a political gadfly.
Sid consults a colonial historian who dismisses it as fraudulent, though as fiction, he adds, it might win literary prizes.
If he can enthuse conservatives and persuade black Democrats either to switch sides or stay at home on polling day, he might, possibly, win.
If he can break that voter ceiling he might be able to win in Iowa, possibly pushing him into front-runner status across the country, especially if Huntsman hurts Romney and Gingrich in New Hampshire.
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And had he looked at the Vegas odds, he might have even expected to win.
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He tends to win games and might give us a spark and lift players around him.
Though the role, clearly, is not the man, were he to win this time it might be thought to leave a nasty taste on a night when Hollywood routinely congratulates itself on its good taste and wholesome entertainment values.
He could never win over the people the way that Robert might have, had he not been a drunkard and a philanderer.
Following the Scottish Cup final, in which he scored a double to help his team win the trophy, the player did concede that he might have to look elsewhere to find regular football.
Many say Gen Musharraf sacked him because he feared the judge might upset his plans to win a second term as president.
John Fremuth, a political science professor at Boise State University, says he finds it hard to imagine, but it might win Craig some points back home.
But he said that he thought it really might take two elections for you to win, rather than one, being realistic.
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He still controls the party's executive, and might win a party primary.
If Christie changed his mind about running for President, he might not be far enough to the right on some issues to win the GOP nomination.
Then, there would have to be a vote for change, which reformers might find hard to win if Mr Blair decides that he is still unpersuaded and does not campaign strongly for it.
Some historians suspect that Bose, an admirer of Stalin, might have escaped to the Soviet Union once he realized the Allies would win World War II.
Woods is the only player who might still have a chance to capture the Player of the Year if he were to win the Tour Championship in two weeks but that probably will not be enough as McIlroy stands to win the U.S. and European Tour money titles.
The prevailing view is that a win for Democrat Barack Obama would mean higher gold prices on the idea of the status quo continuing, and win for Republican Mitt Romney would mean lower gold prices on thoughts that he might replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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The 14-1 chance looked like he might run of steam in the final straight but battled all the way to give Murphy his third win in the race since 2000.
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Pietersen would have been delighted to win the toss on wicket with a decent covering of grass which he must have thought might offer the seam bowlers some early bounce and movement.
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