But what seems to hold the city back is the lack of realization on the part of certain constituencies, such as city worker unions and residents themselves, that the city is no longer an ATM machine for uncompetitive wages and benefits and has to be re-sized to deal with the current population.
Rumours are flying around constantly that particular parties are pulling their teams out of certain constituencies in order to concentrate on areas where they feel they have a better chance.
Recently while appearing on NPR as part of a discussion of race relations one year after President Obama's election, I was reminded that while black Americans have come far in a lot of respects -- number of black elected officials nationally, first black president, etc. -- we still remain a convenient political scapegoat for certain constituencies.
Mr. Edsall cites a surge in small contributions to Democrats through online credit card donations in 2004 and the party's ability to capitalize on the Web, growth in certain constituencies (like Hispanic voters) that traditionally have favored the Democratic Party and an unwillingness on the part of a growing number of younger women to relinquish their "sexual autonomy".
These attitudes are more likely to surface with certain constituencies.
Mr Smyth said if a formal pact is not possible in certain constituencies, unionist voters will vote tactically.
As the November election season draw near, AOL is launching a specialized advertising politics hub, to allow campaigns, organizations, and companies to target certain constituencies online.
Inevitably, Mr. Sherry's choices have been questioned on this and many other counts, with one or another composer being termed a token of a certain constituency.
And pandering to a certain constituency is certainly not restricted to any one party.
A justice should work to apply the constitution, not please a certain constituency.
