There hangs about it all an odour redolent of pigs in clover a spiritual nihilism that reduces that part of the world to little more than a collection of quarrelling boutiques, masquerading as nation-states" —On "High office, low church", April 13th.
"I sometimes cry myself to sleep at night," she admits.Sheila Coronel, of the Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism, argues that it is almost impossible for independent candidates to break the political dynasties' lock on high office, thanks to the costliness of running a credible campaign.
Mr. Cuomo is widely assumed to have one eye on higher office — 2016, anyone?
At the time, he insisted he was focused on the city's problems and not on higher office.
As a fledgling member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and an ambitious politician with his sights set on higher office, Obama agreed to have Power spend a year in his office as a foreign-policy fellow.
Mr Booker himself has gotten in on the action, chasing down a robbery suspect.Though he has always seemed to have his sights set on higher office, Mr Booker's national profile has benefitted Newark.
The state attorney-general, Charlie Condon, a man said to have his sights on higher office, takes most of the blame, or the credit, for the zeal of the police.
Surely the man who could pull off such a coup must be a master politician, or a grand visionary with an eye on higher office?Not Tommy, as he is fondly known.
He turned on the big sound system, which had hitherto been employed to enlarge the voices of prairie politicians bent on higher office and nostalgic Scandinavian chorales with cow horns on their heads.
The importance of the gay and lesbian vote in Democratic circles may well be gauged by the actions of two political leaders, both with their sights on higher office.
