And the true players were elected politicians and paid-up party members, not aides or manipulators or journalists.
At that time various groups, above all the Irish, built up party machines that were to dominate the political life of cities like New York, Chicago and Boston for much of the century.
Kristol argues Republicans must be the grown-up party.
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Then, it will be up to party officials known as superdelegates to make up their own minds and let a winner finally emerge.
Several delegates were keen to talk up the party's tough stance on breaking up the banks, although there seemed to be an acceptance that this will take time to materialise.
The BMA has set up a working party to draw up proposals for reforming the GMC.
The Liberal Democrats want electors to be able to vote candidates higher up their party's list.
The Lib Dems have also been opening up their party structures and meetings to non-members.
He has the luxury of already having sewn up his party's nomination while the Democrats continue to battle.
Fit-again Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell and Yorkshire seamer Tim Bresnan make up the party to defend the Ashes.
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In future, the entire Duma will be made up from party lists, which will squeeze out independent legislators.
Following a morning of bipartisan sessions, the freshmen split up for party-run programs.
In Washington, DC you cannot move without tripping over senior Republicans with a new plan to polish up their party's appeal.
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And they are determined, says Mr Keating, to use their influence when it comes to drawing up the party's election manifesto.
But it has much deeper roots: the Republicans are now much more interested than the Democrats in building up their party.
On a warm Wednesday night in April, I went to my friend's "Spring Spruce Up" party to be the group guinea pig.
Red treated glass pieces are cut into the mahogany steps that lead up the party space, along with a red leather-wrapped banister.
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She gave a near flawless speech and fired up the party base.
But Mr Clarke's hopes evaporated when the poll was opened up to party members, a majority of whom opted for Iain Duncan Smith.
Beatrix stepped down on the national holiday known as Queen's Day, an opportunity for people across the Netherlands to dress up and party.
Coal and Mines Minister Uma Bharti has also left the cabinet to take up a party post in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
But as the plane skated toward shore, the bears sauntered off like frat boys when the cops arrive to break up the party.
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Yes, they can be distracting, but if we're talking about something that's intended to liven up a party, a chromatic cavalcade swirling around your entertainment center won't hurt.
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Mr. Rhodes cited the classic number by Bob Fosse, "Rich Man's Frug, " from "Sweet Charity, " in which the main character winds up at party that's out of her league.
It is party conference time in the UK and thus the time of year that every politician strains to announce some memorable policy to gin up the party faithful.
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There was talk of dissolution, and reports that Mr Berlusconi, who gave up the party leadership after he resigned as prime minister last November, might launch an altogether new movement.
The UDF has been in the forefront of attempts to impeach Mr Mutharika over accusations that he used state money to set up his party and other charges of going against the constitution.
Rich foods amp up a party's luxury factor.
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Because the second vote elects candidates from lists drawn up by party bosses, it sometimes brings into parliament people who have little knowledge of, let alone sense of direct responsibility for, voters on the ground.
The Republican response reflected in part a continuing split between conservatives resisting concessions to the president and GOP moderates trying to buff up the party's tarnished reputation in light of a growing public perception of congressional dysfunction.
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