Despite the candidate's success at filling arenas and bringing in small donations, voter turnout in the Democratic primaries so far hasn't been particularly overwhelming, raising questions about whether his brand of lefty populism is actually bringing disenfranchised, disillusioned voters into the political system.
As for the FEC, it is too stuck in partisan gridlock to tighten its own rules.Many Republicans resist reform in part because they see super PACs as a possible counterweight to Mr Obama's overwhelming fund-raising advantage in 2008.
The overwhelming majority raised no objections to providing this data when the purpose of data collection is fully explained.
As an expression of the people's voice, President Mohammad Khatami's overwhelming victory does raise hopes for continued progress toward a form of popular representation somewhat at variance with democracy as practiced in the West.
A new study reports "statistically overwhelming evidence" that raising taxes also reduces the level of drinking.
As the regular season progressed and the pitchers looked less than overwhelming, concerns were raised that this starting staff was not what it used to be.
Instead, our society could have the compassion to say, "There but for the grace of God go I," and provide some sort of birth-catastrophe insurance to pay the overwhelming costs of raising a profoundly disabled child.
The outpouring of love and happiness that evening was overwhelming and we raised $65,000.
By a margin of 80 to 8, a poll conducted late last year of one thousand business executives who are members of a local, state or national Chamber of Commerce shows overwhelming support for raising the minimum wage.
Unfortunately, this overwhelming support for raising the minimum wage does not extend to most of corporate America, which has a tendency to prize the short-term bottom line above all other considerations, including the ability of its workers to make ends meet.
