While I support many pro-business policies that the Republicans often tout, I am not so convinced that they can win without some much-needed reforms.
The Liberals have done nothing to alter the perception that they do not deserve to win an election that has merely been delayed, not cancelled.
But I have a little list of third party candidates and one thing the recent ones have in common is that they did not win.
No-one had told the Scottish players that they were not supposed to win, though, and they put their bodies on the line to clinch one of the biggest upsets of recent times.
But because Conservatives fear that they would not win an outright majority in a proportional representation (PR) system, the Lib Dems could secure only a more modest prize: a referendum on keeping FPTP or adopting the alternative vote (AV).
Gates needs to recognize that Beijing is configuring its military to fight the United States, that its senior officers do not fear war, and that they think they can win one.
But the party's more pragmatic leaders, such as Senator Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker of the House (see article), know that they have to win the election first and that moderate voters may not take kindly to them if they do nothing.
But my worry was that I wanted a clear win not a messy draw and if they presented it as a draw that was not good enough for us.
Others contribute to the overload by deliberately lodging appeals they are unlikely to win, knowing that by doing so they will not have to pay their debts for years.
During the interview she joked that the broadcaster had asked her not to win, but immediately added that "of course" they had not actually done so.
In regards to the budget, if the Republican Plan consists of cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, they are not going win on that.
While the recriminations will continue long after the dust has settled on this landmark result - England's only previous loss to an associate nation was against Zimbabwe in the 1992 World Cup, but they did not need to win that match - and, in truth, the night was as much about a brilliant team performance from the Dutch as the desperately lacklustre cricket England produced.
Tories privately concede that their poshness is one reason they do not win voters' hearts as well as their heads.
The Netherlands had been disappointing up to that point but showed again how they do not have to play well to win games in the tournament with a two-goal burst in the space of three minutes that was enough to give them victory.
Ultimately, it is enabling strong brands such as DAF and Marshalls to win based not only on product, but also the expertise that they can bring to the table.
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The pro-whaling countries said the Latin Americans were doing precisely this, by calling a vote on something that was extracted from a bigger compromise package and which they could not win.
So far, people are saying that they have not the confidence, they do not know who is going to win this fight and right now they are not quite ready to show their cards.
No motive has been established, but police say they have not ruled out the possibility that Khan was killed because of the lottery win.
Both were underestimated, with their detractors believing wrongly that public rejection of them had reached a tipping point and they could not win a second term.
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Five hundred UN peacekeepers will not win the war against the rebels and it is not even clear that they want to actually mount an offensive but the convoy that headed out of Freetown on Friday was the first sign for several weeks that the UN intends to do business.
They prefer the military to believe that Ne Win has approved, if not directed, their more portentous decisions.
This time they saved some of their most horrendous calls for when it mattered most, and in the process they handed the Seattle Seahawks a win that most viewers will agree was not deserved.
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They're not going to look at Team GB and just circle that game as a win.
Right now, the Republicans, they're not going to win the fiscal conservatives by 2006 with the spending that's going on.
And universities have to receive the message that defending coaches who have broken the rules, just because they win games, is not acceptable.
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While Lohan might not have a chance at persuading a judge or jury to take her side, Duane says that the American legal system gives plaintiffs an incentive to file lawsuits they know they can not win.
The Tories have not this year produced a detailed analysis of their expectations: but party sources say that they would be delighted to win 700-800 seats.
He empathised with struggling white parents who see children of minority groups win help through affirmative action to atone for crimes that they and their own children had not committed.
And the Boston Celtics organization did not hold a pep rally just days after signing their new stars and announce to the world that they were going to win multiple championships.
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It is less clear that you could win a mandate for such things from European voters, which may be why they are not directly asked.
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