"A quick visit to Wells Fargo's Web site confirms that it vigorously promotes itself as consumer-friendly," he continued, "a far cry from the hard-nosed win-at-any-cost stance it has adopted here".
Between March and today, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill intervening, Americans' preferences for prioritizing between environmental protection and energy production have shifted from a somewhat pro-energy production at all costs stance to an even stronger pro-environment stance.
When Mr. Davis initially vowed to avoid rate increases at all costs, a stance most experts saw as unrealistic, legislators feared he was setting them up to take the fall for increases that even he now acknowledges are possible, if not certain.
His stance cost him a year later when he lost the Democratic primary to a segregationist, Judge John R. Rarick, who went on to win the election.
What happens if Angela Merkel's pro-migrant stance costs her next year's German federal election is anybody's guess.
In a year when immigration was the top Latino priority, Senator Udall's reluctance to champion his pro-immigration reform stances cost him Hispanic votes -- and perhaps, like Hagan, his seat in the Senate as well.
But that intuitive stance could cost the environmental movement the widespread popular support it has been gradually building.
The band always demanded that a black act appear on the bill with them at their concerts, a stance that cost them some dates in the South.
Some in the party fear that stance will cost them business donations and possibly hurt their chances of winning back the House this year.
According to the Climate Council report, this stance has cost Victoria an estimated $4bn in lost investment, as well as 3,000 jobs.
There was much hand-wringing about whether the president's stance would cost him votes among churchgoers, particularly black churchgoers, many of whom are opposed to marriage equality but strongly support the president.
