Mr. Bush went to Alabama, where Mr. Allison was managing the long-shot Senate bid of Winton M. Blount, a construction magnate challenging an entrenched Democrat, John J. Sparkman.
She was ill-equipped for the rigors of politics -- "Lenore was no George as a political candidate," says Bill Ballenger, the editor of a political newsletter here -- and lost badly to a popular Democratic incumbent, Phil Hart, much as Mitt Romney would later lose his 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts to another entrenched Democrat, Edward M. Kennedy.
A deeply entrenched Democrat, Spratt has served in the House since 1983.
Political analysts said the question now is whether the Republican Party is so entrenched that Democrats will have difficulty dislodging it.
Still, some political consultants suggest their ties to high-technology are crucial to their chances against two well-entrenched Democrats.
When they do, they claim, Kerry's image and his numbers will improve significantly.I believe Kerry's negatives are real and, in fact, are more solidly entrenched than either Democrats or even some Republicans would believe.
The announcement from Ms. Pelosi came as Republicans seized on Mr. Rangel's troubles in an attempt to portray him and his fellow Democrats as entrenched and corrupt.
As the opposing sides became entrenched, abortion dissidents — pro-life Democrats and pro-choice Republicans — grew scarcer and less powerful.
It is this reality of entrenched, powerful and moneyed interests that Democrats faced in 2008, when a newly elected Barack Obama resolved to make good on his party's half-century dream of providing universal coverage.
