But Downing Street denied that Mr Brown was taking sides in the US election.
This week has witnessed an extraordinary sight - a German chancellor openly taking sides in a French election.
But most of the superdelegates taking sides recently have gone for Obama, who has won more state contests.
She stopped short of taking sides on whether Lehman should be bailed out.
Both the big powers are taking sides between Chambliss and Martin, and this can be a very important race.
Most of us are prone to taking sides in these kinds of things but really, there is no side.
He's a - he's cautious and he's been very, very careful over they years not to be seen as taking sides.
But Bush's proposal already is drawing fire from others who fear it would lead to government taking sides among religious faiths.
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"This isn't taking sides between the police officers and Mr. Gates, " said Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The debate has transcended the parties and entered the political realm, with Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) taking sides.
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Mr Moran tries hard to avoid taking sides, although the reader may suspect that his sympathies may lie more with the protesters than the road-builders.
Yes, the great e-reader wars are beginning, and folks are taking sides.
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"He was speaking to a very favorable crowd, " said Hayes, who is also up for re-election and isn't taking sides in the West-Crowder race.
Horrified when the do-nothing crowd suggested I was taking sides, or losing my objectivity, I was forced to confront this charge, and examine our Golden Rule.
Perhaps as technology develops, diverges and becomes more ubiquitous, we'll be taking sides the same way we do sports teams: for personal reasons backed by hard facts and a spiffy T-shirt.
Smith wisely avoids taking sides in the who's-tougher question.
He'd first of all be there: sharing the risks, not just taking sides but steadily changing the entire atmosphere by the questions he asks of everybody involved, rich and poor, capitalist and protester and cleric.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said he is taking no sides and blamed last week's attack on Syrian armed groups which had infiltrated his country.
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The constitution forbids the military from taking political sides.
Interesting that he has a flak jacket, he's taking precautions on both sides of the fence.
Both sides are taking a big chance if they wait for the ruling.
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Our way to the river cut between two walled orchards, and the convoy, a long line of slow-moving trucks, was taking fire from both sides.
And soon, the patrol was pinned down, taking ferocious fire from three sides.
One Democrat, one Republican and one independent (senators John, Lindsey and Joe) have been busily writing a new energy and climate bill taking in ideas from both sides of the partisan aisle.
But the minister said she wanted to consider both sides of the argument before taking any action.
Allardyce has been accused of taking bungs while building the successful Bolton sides of the early- to mid-aughts, a claim he denies.
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