With clout as well as savvy, these advisers have emerged as the behind-the-scenes powerbrokers of the Estrada administration.
Two years ago, there was only one Republican state politician with clout enough to lead the effort: Bob Livingston.
Smaller government affords less power for those with clout to co-opt.
But would that provide the basis of a ruling coalition on the centre-left with the clout to cut a deal with the Palestinians?
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There will be no one around with the clout to stand up to him on anything much.
As German firms have found to their cost, there is now a well-organised lobby with political clout in America.
But patronage gave way to fund-raising, and the Cabinet position with political clout shifted from postmaster general to commerce secretary.
Through a combination of credit schemes and government direction, he aims to gather small businessmen together into groups with more clout.
The disadvantage for women, however, is that men are still more likely to hold senior-level positions, offering them mentors with more clout.
But he is a heavyweight with economic clout and popular appeal.
The collective hope of investors: Indonesia is set for stable politics and a new coalition government with the clout to stay the restructuring course.
And the parliament has been strengthened over successive treaties since elections began, in the hope that voters would pay more attention to an assembly with real clout.
And that requires old-style politicians with local clout and organisation.
The Swiss firm Logitech(13, LOGI) is a small but leading company in PC peripherals like mice, trackballs, keyboards, Web cams, headsets and network music systems--with particular clout in cordless devices.
If there is one institution with the clout to insist on universal joining of every individual who can reach a screen, it should be, and must be, but isn't, the IOC.
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Behind the warm and fuzzy facade is a merciless commercial hierarchy ruled by an oligopoly of carriers as indispensible as the local electric company--and with the clout to act like a bunch of bullies.
At the time, as a junior member with little clout, Ryan was a reliable Republican vote for policies that were key in causing enormous federal budget deficits: sweeping tax cuts, a costly prescription-drug entitlement for Medicare, two wars, the multibillion-dollar bank-bailout legislation known as TARP.
Whether measured by fundraising data or by the members of Congress elected from the ZIP Codes where they live, the elite centers with the most clout in the culture are filled with people who are embarrassed to identify themselves as capitalists, and it shows in the cultural effect of their work.
With such ideas rapidly becoming not only reality but commonplace, wireless charging now has some serious clout with Joe the Plumber.
Chipotle founder Steve Ells, a Birkenstock-wearing 34-year-old gourmet cook, couldn't be happier with his newfound clout.
Community banks have far more political clout with both parties than big banks do.
As the company has grown in size, so has its clout with its manufacturers.
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Combining forces is a way for stores to increase their buying clout with distributors.
But Mr Milosevic still has clout with the Yugoslav army, which is deployed throughout Montenegro.
Target already has clout with suppliers, and their buyers know how to get things done at scale.
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Reforming American defence procurement does not require structural change, just making use of the Pentagon's clout with suppliers.
It pools its procurement to increase its clout with suppliers and to allocate goods where they are most needed.
So the Welsh Tories may have little clout with their Westminster cousins, but they are not alone in that.
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