But this one was unusual first because it involved the DPP, Alison Saunders, herself, and second because the decisive issue was not a question of the strength of the evidence but whether prosecution itself was in the public interest.
The belief, which Rubio told me he shares, is that the stagnant economy will be the decisive issue in the campaign, and that Hispanic voters will vote as most other voters will to punish the Democratic incumbent.
"Not many men; it's the women, and a lot of them are saying, 'I hope my husband doesn't find out.' " Mrs. Price hopes they do, for the goal of the organizers is nothing less than to drive gun control as the decisive issue in the presidential and Congressional elections.
Meanwhile England's Steven Finn said adapting to Australian conditions was not the decisive issue for the touring bowlers after a back-and-forth second day at The Gabba.
The decisive issue was Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan, and in particular whether Medicare was something worth paying and maybe even fighting for.
For constitutional purposes the decisive issue turns on the operating incidence of a challenged tax.
The group, 350 Action, said that Markey's opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline was the decisive issue.
Meanwhile, the new government had successfully set the terms of debate on the decisive issue – the economy.
The decisive issue for the voters, however, had not been the nature of the future regime but simply war or peace.
This time, the decisive issue was the move to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," which was widely seen as violating Columbia's policy of nondiscrimination.
