But the two parties did not exactly campaign in harmony, and differences over taxation and spending may make their alliance a fractious one.Yet the biggest challenge for the new government will be how to satisfy Irish voters' craving for a renegotiation of what they see as an unfair bail-out foisted on it by the European Union and the IMF in November.
But, if not, "I will be there".A descent from Olympus, or rather, the seats in parliament reserved for life senators like Mr Monti, would be an ideal solution for a man who does not exactly relish campaigning (though he has a nice line in dry humour, his rhetoric style is more suited to the lecture hall than hustings).
Perlstein cleverly writes that "such distraction campaigns are how power does its dirtiest work" as he promotes exactly that campaign.
What data, exactly, do campaigns have on voters?
After the Oceania route with its play-offs and the stroll four years ago, this was exactly the campaign Australia needed.
Corruption and its confederates — influence and access — are, of course, exactly what campaign-finance laws aim to prevent, in the name of a functioning democracy.
If Ms. Palin's out-of-wedlock pregnancy was not exactly a campaign issue last year, some voters questioned Governor Palin as a parent.
On the eve of the 2000 election, Bill Clinton lamented that Al Gore never called; George W. Bush appeared at exactly one campaign event with John McCain in 2008.
Corruption and its confederates influence and access are, of course, exactly what campaign-finance laws aim to prevent, in the name of a functioning democracy.
"That is not exactly the campaign slogan Hillary has been looking for".
