She has headed the government of New South Wales since an intra-party battle last December.
It would also catch Labour still licking its wounds after a party leadership battle scheduled for November.
And when this easternmost state came to elect its first post-unification parliament a few months later, he suddenly became the natural choice to lead Saxony's fledgling Christian Democratic party into battle.
Some members of my party say the battle has no geographic limitations and the laws of war apply.
By the ages of eight to nine, pupils will be expected to understand the importance of the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill.
But the departure of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, with its 17 seats, was a bitter blow, especially after Mr Barak had supported the party in its battle with another coalition ally, Meretz, over money for its religious schools.
Earlier the chairman of the London Labour Party denied that the battle to persuade Mr Livingstone from running had been lost.
Since redistricting is right around the corner after the 2000 census and the state legislatures and governor control redrawing the district lines, the battle for party control in these states is particularly important in 1998.
Unlike Mr Blair, though, Mr Enkhbayar has far from won the battle for his party's soul.
As he prepares for this autumn's budget deals, therefore, the prime minister will have to disappoint the finance ministry if he hopes to win the battle with his party.
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The battle cuts across party lines: the governing mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, for example, is no fan of the memorial, although he is a Christian Democrat like Mr Kohl.
Hillary Clinton interrupted a roll call vote to ask that he be nominated by acclamation, a carefully choreographed maneuver designed to unite the party after the bitter primary battle between Obama and Clinton.
The first, and perhaps most important, contest of the new election campaign will be the battle for the Likud party's nomination.
He has wrestled with special interests in Washington, and repeatedly gone into battle with his own party, particularly over immigration reform.
With two years until the next general election in 2015, Mr Cameron sought to draw battle lines between his party and Labour.
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The airline is facing a legal battle with third-party data providers along with other profit-depressors including rising fuel costs going into 2011.
Passing Obamacare was a protracted battle with his own party.
The battle in the Democratic Party has a long way to go, partly because its system awards each candidates a share of the delegates to the nominating convention according to their share of the vote in each primary.
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Gallagher's Senate bid left state party leaders worried that a tough primary battle with McCollum would cost them both offices.
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The PP leader, Mariano Rajoy, has at last shifted his party towards the centre after a long ideological battle.
In the short term, however, the battle will be within the Republican Party.
Mr Clegg won an internal battle at last year's party conference to put forward a tax-cutting agenda at the next election.
Pressure mounts on Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean to resolve the nominating battle and figure out what to do about Florida and Michigan.
But the Welsh party is licking its wounds from the leadership battle, and has been damaged by the appearance of control from London.
First, it increases Mr Bradley's appeal to those whose support he needs in the battle with Mr Gore: Democratic Party activists, union members, and New Hampshire voters.
But, thankfully, the real battle for the future of the Democratic Party is in the electable bit.
He has the luxury of already having sewn up his party's nomination while the Democrats continue to battle.
Some Democrats think their party's agonising selection process will produce a battle-hardened nominee backed by legions of fired-up supporters.
In the general election, Obama had to battle not just McCain and the Republican Party but intangibles such as suspicion, prejudice and innuendo.
But in an ideologically divided nation like ours, a party must expend political capital to enact major change (i.e. the Democrats loss of the House after passing health care reform and stimulus spending.) Our polling shows the Tea Party is paying a price for the debt limit battle it initiated.
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