(1) One of the first things a prosecutor does in a plea negotiation with a crooked pol is try to force the pol to resign his or her office.

(2) He was the kind of pol you could understand

(3) Skeptics say the genial chief executive is just a well-connected corporate diplomat, a schmoozy pol in pinstripes.

(4) He was at once a Queens pol and yet the most patrician figure in American politics.

(5) But there are a number of different criminal investigations now underway connected to Republican pols in different parts of the country.

(6) To determine which places are tops, we'll ask political consultants, reporters, editors and pols .

(7) Let me explain a reality of politics: most pols don't think six weeks ahead.

(8) Other Democratic pols had harsher advice: no more Mr. Nice Guy.

(9) At the same time, even the most partisan pols also realise that public speculation about the merits or otherwise of the prospective candidates detracts from them all.

(10) Here's hoping that many other lefty pundits and pols will follow in her footsteps.

(11) Most of the skill sets that pols employ were foreign to our soon-to-be ex-governor.

(12) At the time, local pols viewed her as a long shot.

(13) Most of the pols who run as democrats actually vote as republicans.

(14) The pols essentially become commodities whose futures one can bet on.

(15) Because courage is not a trait often seen in politics, it is no wonder that so many pols would only view the legal challenge in purely political terms.

(16) The company owners, though, became big political givers to city pols , enabling them to maintain their cushy monopolies until now.

(17) He's being joined by the usual suspects in Congress - the party-line pols who used to loathe the very idea of an independent counsel.

(18) Though the incumbent is favored, most local pols think it could be a close finish.

(19) But free trade also comes with a significant upside for our country, an upside most Democratic pols would rather not discuss today.

(20) It could be amusing if the pols posted unblushing, unedited diaries of what they were really thinking, as real bloggers do.

(21) Though Kennedy is a proven statewide vote-getter, most Democratic pols believe John will ultimately prevail.