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Yesterday the leaders were dogged by questions about what a hung parliament would mean, with neither side ruling out governing if such an event occurred.
But it also increased the possibility that Mr. Monti might run as a candidate — a shift from the role of an apolitical leader — who is open to governing if no clear winner emerges from elections expected as soon as February.
For the next couple of hours, the name of the media game was chasing the independent and minor party players, to see whether Labor could muster the support it needed to keep governing if it changed leader.
"I think George Bush is going to have a difficult time governing if he doesn't do what he said he would do -- and that is to be truly bipartisan," said Mr. Schumer.
We must again choose between the easy comfort of ideological purity and the pragmatic necessity of governing if we actually want to do something about global warming.
We can't get down to the hard business of governing if Grover Norquist is the de facto Chairman of [the House Committee on] Ways and Means," referring to the longtime tax opponent.
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If you exercise "public government," you allow the people you rule to have a say in how they are governed; if you wield "private government," the rules are not up for debate.
So this prospective coalition does not quite match Brown's promise that he will only govern if he can form a stable government Brown also knows that he has to think hard about the state of public opinion.
In fact, the question of how this enormous space comprising 27 member states should be governed if, before every decision, 27 heads of government, cabinets and parliaments have to be convinced, has answered itself.
That is how I will govern if I am fortunate enough to form a government".
That is how I will govern if I am fortunate enough to form a government in the coming days".
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