| Allegations of bias, cronyism, and petty politicking have often tainted the results. |
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| This has the earmarks of the sort of backroom politicking that has marked some of the darkest chapters in American history. |
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| It is hard now to identify at what point high principle ended and pre-election politicking began. |
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| But a detailed analysis of the report revealed much more ham-handed politicking than historical truth-telling. |
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| But when he became disillusioned with what he saw on the inside of the old party politicking he dropped out to support independents. |
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| What effects do you think negative politicking will have on this election and future elections? |
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| Sounds like those volunteers were well within the 100-foot legal limit for politicking at the polls. |
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| The legislature has proved less a law-making body than a platform for politicking and pressure by the various parties. |
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| Rather than actually helping to administer the country, they spend most of their time politicking to promote themselves. |
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| Behind the day's knockabout lay serious politicking over both policy and personalities. |
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| It has come to be thought of as a stinging insult to tell a party here that it is electioneering and politicking with the peace process. |
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| Her new career is in catering, a far cry from the committee rooms and party politicking at City Hall in Bradford. |
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| But they can also burn up time, serve as a forum for politicking, and end up ratifying mediocre plans. |
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| Still, some soldiers criticize the preponderance of awards for officers because it encourages politicking and smacks of careerism. |
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| They are the ones who have been organizing abroad for the past twenty years and have experience in politicking. |
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| Why would he say that when he himself is politicking like a true politician with elections just around the corner? |
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| Their policies and programs are far superior, but they are pikers compared to him when it comes to politicking. |
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| Do they start politicking, if you will, start talking to each other, campaigning for votes or helping others that they want? |
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| In an age of fear factor politicking, can the U.S. combat crime while keeping families together? |
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| Okay, if politicking based on one's beliefs is foreign to Inuit, why is he doing it right now? |
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| In other words, after three decades of debate and argument, demonstrations and denunciations, politicking and pamphleteering, nothing has changed. |
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| Then presidential politicking transformed the Benghazi tragedy into an inside-the-Beltway circus. |
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| She was doing politicking in the manner of populist anarchists. |
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| If there is an art form to politicking, this guy was the best of all time. |
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| There are those who see that initial verbal gesture as politicking. |
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| Because of this we have lost touch with those we are politicking about. |
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| Yet there's a point about age here as well as one about politicking. |
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| Yet the committee-bound European elite, with their ludicrous consensus-based politicking, will almost assuredly be unable to muster up the courage to give him the push. |
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| There is no political posturing or politicking by the Member States where this matter is concerned. |
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| I am in favour of a political Europe but I am opposed to politicking in relation to the European project. |
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| Bill C-52 and the Conservatives' initiative on these areas is pure politicking right now. |
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| We have had very constructive discussions, apart from the member for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, who did some politicking. |
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| And we must not engage in politicking to impede this new momentum, on which the success of our actions depends. |
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| The commitment of the United Nations to that principle must transcend all politicking and be seen as a non-negotiable, absolute value. |
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| Because the more politics becomes politicking, the further away it is from the people. |
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| I would, moreover, encourage the hon. member to listen in question period when they are trying to accuse us of interference and politicking. |
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| Dennis Fitzgerald's incomparable politicking put Parramatta in a prime position. |
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| Her gleefulness felt genuine — endearing, even — but her politicking, limp. |
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| If they are putting together fringe meetings or politicking on behalf of an amendment, they have to know who will be there. |
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| Pressure from Saudi-aligned Sunni radicals has led to a full-scale crackdown on Shia politicking. |
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| After a scrappy compromise was reached to avoid introducing a nationwide minimum wage, he openly accused Ms Merkel of party politicking. |
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| Zambians are able to make informed and intelligent choices and be not easily swayed by politicking and rumours about our leaders being tribalists. |
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| But true to form in this drawn out debate, what we are witnessing is a lot of politicking over what is fundamentally a non-issue. |
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| The ads are not intended to be political, he said, and awareness more than politicking and persuasion is the objective. |
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| But this kind of politicking is exactly the kind of thing that turns successful companies into stagnant ones. |
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| I think it is a great focal point for the culmination of two years of politicking that has brought us to this point. |
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| Now he was content to be a father, and a husband, and an artist, and to leave the politicking to politicians. |
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| In other words, go-getting executives do better to spend their time politicking at central office than acquiring experience abroad. Why does this matter? |
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| This was domestic politicking for the sake of a forthcoming election. |
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| Mr. Speaker, given answers like that one, Quebeckers can be expected to wonder if recognition of the Quebec nation was nothing more than Conservative politicking. |
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| There is no room here for petty politicking. |
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| With regards to this extremely sensitive issue, there is no place for politics, to say nothing of politicking, especially if the issue is used purely to win votes, as appears to be the case here. |
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| That is the purpose of my speech: to try to get the Liberals to see some sense, and tell them to quit messing around with the system, to quit using public funds for their Liberal partisan politicking. |
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| Khaled's surprise at his government's indifference is both poignant and endearing, and a sad example of how politicking can turn youthful energy, creativity and action towards positive change into cynicism. |
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| Political stake holders should abandon petty politicking, let alone violence, and engage in a meaningful dialogue in the greater interests of the stability of the country. |
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| In service of this vision, politicians in developed countries rolled up their sleeves and plugged in boxes and strung wires, which, while excellent politicking grist, did little for the information society. |
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| His antimachine politicking helped get him fired from the Chicago Defender, a frequent supporter of organization candidates. |
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| Our efforts were hampered, however, by both pre-election politicking and the post-election interregnum, as parties slowly negotiated the formation of new coalition governments. |
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| Additionally, the more plurality there is, the more evident the struggle and intense politicking that normally lead to our consensuses will become, as systematic consensuses are not free from controversy here either. |
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| Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett cried foul, accused the judge of politicking and demanded he step down from the case. |
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| Why is the government spending its time politicking instead of governing? |
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| There was shoptalk, but politicking was avoided, a custom that proved useful during moments of peak partisanship on the Hill, such as Bill Clinton's impeachment or last year's health-care debate. |
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| Voters rejoiced that actual policymaking may prevail over politicking. |
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| Chris Geidner looks into the tricky world of politicking and the court. |
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| In the final round of politicking, the ruling United Democratic Front and Left Democratic Front leaders threw punches and counterpunches at each other. |
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