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How To Use political machine In A Sentence

• The Democrats are still true to their heritage of the party of local notables, or in American parlance of Bourbon Democrats and urban political machines. Matthew Yglesias » Opposition Strategy
• His basic verdict is that Tsongas was a lousy candidate, nominated largely on the basis of her husband's reputation, and picked by an "ossifying" local political machine that hadn't faced a real race in decades. Poll: Hillary Way Ahead With Dems ��� Match-Up With Rudy Is Close
• He was also little disposed to theorize the process whereby, in a given society, groups compete over the control and employment of the political machinery.
• At the dawn of the 20th century, New York had been run for more than a generation by the corrupt Democratic political machine known as Tammany Hall. TIME.com: Top Stories
• The political machine already had a short-term placeholder in the Senate. Power Line
• The AFL-CIO is planning an effort modeled on its powerful get-out-the-vote political machine.
• That's quite an accomplishment when you take into consideration the facts about his record, which is archetypical of a liberal politician and product of the Chicago political machine.
• We are not mechanical pieces of a political machine, individuals in an anonymous society.
• West Virginia once had some of the nation's mightiest political machines.
• Once in the Justice Department, she proved an able cog in the Bush administration's political machine, meeting with Republican activists in 2006 to help plot the firing of New Mexico's prestigious US Attorney David Iglesias, a fellow Republican who "chafed" against administration initiatives. Max Blumenthal: Monica Goodling, One of 150 Pat Robertson Cadres in the Bush Administration