For example, in 2004, President George W. Bush won reëlection at least in part because his political operatives drew conservative voters to the polls in swing states by placing gay marriage on the ballot in the form of state constitutional amendments.
In contrast, Mazda's automatic is like a slick political operative: never drawing attention, yet in charge and pulling the right strings.
Early copies circulating among reporters, politicians and campaign operatives are drawing chatter as much for the account about the Republican who didn't run as for the one who actually ran and lost, Mitt Romney.
At the lectern in Austin, however, Venable — a longtime political operative who draws a salary from Americans for Prosperity, and who has worked for Koch-funded political groups since 1994 — spoke less warily.
Boyd appears to have worked for McCrae Dowless, a political operative who is drawing attention in an ongoing investigation of irregularities in the 9th District, according to records reviewed by HuffPost.
It is attracting renewed attention in the aftermath of the financial crisis, as mutualism and co-operative models draw renewed interest – not least in the ownership structure of football clubs.
Owenstown, could one day be home to 5,000 co-operative pioneers drawn by the promise of living and working in a society that is being described as "a new international benchmark for utopian living".
His wife, Jeri, 40, is a Republican operative and has drawn some fire for her role in her husband's campaign.
AR contributed in the operative procedures and in the drawing up of the manuscript.
DB contributed in the operative procedures and in the drawing up of the manuscript.
