Even Russia may not want to spend too much political capital in such a cause.
Since leaving office in early 2002, Giuliani has been winning more than political capital.
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But he did, precisely because he was riding high, ready to use his political capital.
Mr. COHEN: I think there is no political capital to be wasted at this time.
Turmus Aya is just 10 miles from the Palestinians financial and political capital Ramallah.
It mostly worked with neighboring cities and the costs in political capital rose quickly, she wrote.
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London, on the other hand, is quite happy as the financial and political capital.
They may well have wasted two years' hard negotiating and a fair amount of political capital.
Far better to strike a deal now, when both sides have the political capital to spare.
His victory in the primary and his strong presidential campaign have added to his political capital.
Instead he seems more inclined to husband his political capital than to spend it.
But there had been considerable political capital used by the complainants to insist that they had been.
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And how you decide to use your political capital, use your capacity to lead, is very important.
He prefers Eni's offices in Milan, Italy's financial centre, to its headquarters in Rome, the political capital.
Maybe he thinks he can preserve whatever remains of his political capital for more Iraq troop surges.
Other Presidents would have already expended their political capital if they failed to meet their solemn pledges.
What is clear is that whatever political capital the president had in January has been frittered away.
Both Serbian and Albanian political parties have tried to make political capital out of the week's events.
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Mr. Abe's real opportunity is to use these short-term gains in political capital to pursue more far-reaching reform.
Mr. Cameron's tactics don't appear to have been very effective: He burned political capital in return for nothing.
Simple: If Bush thinks he's got little political capital left now, just wait until later in the year.
She has to be someone whose political capital resides in having integrity, truth and justice, not populist loyalty.
Mr Bush squandered a pile of political capital and personal time on a cause that never caught fire, Social Security.
The gravest charge against Ms Merkel is that she amassed too much political capital and spent too little.
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Otherwise, the risk Argentina faces is that its president's political capital will be exhausted before recovery is assured.
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The U.K. government is investing a large amount of political capital in supporting and promoting the start up culture.
Rather, I expect the Fed to spend its limited political capital when financial market indicators are much more stressed.
As chancellor Mr Brown derived invaluable political capital from running a stable economy.
Mr Rudd has little political capital to spare on a fight over mining.
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Why invest so much political capital if it will not reduce the deficit?
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