Is it possible for aspiring elected officials to make decisions independent of their political future?
President Obama felt strongly enough about this issue that he staked his political future on it.
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Lawyers laid out their opening statements in the trial that could determine his political future.
"I don't know, " he told La Repubblica newspaper, in answer to a question about his political future.
The answer may be more high-level diplomacy to map out, if not finally settle, Kosovo's political future.
Critically for the economic and political future, the growth corridor seems particularly appealing to young families with children.
However, Alarcon's political future was clouded last year by the arrest of a top deputy on corruption charges.
And we believe that the Libyan people will have the opportunity to decide their future, their political future.
Many U.S. commentators have accommodated him, publishing glowing accounts of his success and hinting at a bright political future.
Democrats see the investigation as aimed squarely at the political future of Mrs.
Mr. Musharraf, however, faces militant threats, legal troubles and an uncertain political future.
If Florida had produced a clear victory for either candidate, Mrs Harris's political future would probably have been secure.
Mr Berlusconi's political future had been the subject of speculation for several months.
Combined with other structural reforms, it could shape Europe's economic and political future.
These talks are supposed to map out the political future of the country.
It could be that the government's eye on its political future has shifted from the main economic and budgetary game.
Craig had been in office for more than a quarter-century, but his political future evaporated in just a couple of days.
That calls into question one assumption underlying many Indonesians' view of the political future: that Suharto himself will control the process.
This is a fight for the economic and political future of Europe.
But we fear the ways in which our deep negativities and the pain of our past might in fact influence our political future.
Craig, who has voted against gay marriage, finds his political future in doubt in the wake of the charges, which have drawn national attention.
Mr Barak's own political future, too, may eventually be decided by Mr Rubinstein, who has ordered an inquiry into alleged campaign-finance offences in last year's election.
Chavez has not specified the type of cancer he is battling, and the government has released few specifics, fueling widespread speculation about his health and political future.
Is he the kind of person who can make governmental policy decisions without always thinking maybe in the back of his mind on his own political future?
Bhutto's political future will be determined by her ability first to win parliamentary elections, and then, says opposition politician Tahir Hussein Mashidi(ph), on how well she delivers.
For example, in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, the result will determine the political future of Mr Michael, although he is not even a candidate in the seat.
The motivation behind Mr Cameron's intervention is clear: the eurozone crisis is holding back economic recovery in Britain and, as a consequence, puts at risk his political future.
The leaders of this Denmark-size nation of 700, 000 have reimagined its political future, but Bhutan will continue to navigate its own course through some might say around the 21st century.
In that respect, maybe he does resemble Mr Suharto, who, in his final months in power, seemed more worried about his political future than about fixing the economy.
China's political future depends largely on stability in the cities.
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