But this was no mere campaign stunt.
But was Obama's commitment mere campaign catering?
Mr. Benton has far more leverage than a mere campaign staffer.
But after the election, Willkie casually dismissed his inflammatory statements as mere "campaign oratory".
It would be a mistake to brush all this off as mere campaign posturing.
But he hoped that Mr. Obama's statements about a relatively fast pullout were mere campaign talk.
Next came the new birthers who saw not the happy miracle of life but mere campaigning.
ReprintsThe 450 Jewish settlers inside Hebron, and the 6,000-odd 6,000-odd Arba, din not see the prime minister's suggestion as mere campaign hype.
Asworn statement by Houston superlawyer Joseph Jamail suggests that there might have been more than mere campaign contributions behind the selection process.
Now that he is president and his immigration views can't be dismissed as mere campaign rhetoric, a counter-mobilization may finally be manifesting itself.
