John McCain, who as the Republican candidate for president has spent the past two months trying to consolidate right-wing support, has a problem of disputed dimensions with a vital component of the conservative coalition: evangelicals.
Cruz's strategy of consolidating the right wing against a splintered field of center-right candidates is premised on winning in Iowa, which has the most conservative and evangelical Republican electorate of the early primary or caucus states.
That is what the courts are for, and since the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan 25years ago, a body of law has developed consolidating the right to die.
Bute set about consolidating his rights and existing investments during the late 1820s and 1830s, acquiring extensive rights to the coalfields in the process.
The Investiture Controversy focused the efforts of the higher clergy on consolidating their rights against infringement not merely by the lay aristocracy but also by ecclesiastical competitors.
Far from consolidating a right-wing dictatorship, Bush's actual political legacy may well turn out to be resuscitating American liberalism.
One-sided trade agreements consolidate investor rights and corporate rights at the global level, handcuffing civil society in every country.
This summer, the group consolidated those rights with several photographic portfolios, including Mr. Bernard's, along with rights to products like a Marilyn Monroe line of Nova Wines, lingerie by Dreamwear and merchandise by the skateboard company Alien Workshop.
More recently, the government-owned USPS has also become a formidable competitor in its own right, consolidating its number-three spot in the market.
