The latest public opinion surveys indicate that the chaos within the party has drained it of so much support that it may not be able to afford the $1 million or more it would cost to hold a leadership election.
But a mix of hubris, pro-Sunni sectarianism and bad judgment on the part of the Islam-inspired Justice and Development (AK) party, has drained the country of its soft power.The first signs of trouble came with its break with Israel over the killing in 2010 of eight Turks and one Turkish-American aboard the Mavi Marmara, a ship bound for Gaza.
And the two relative youngsters who have made it into the cabinet also seem to be rather sensible sorts although traces of Mr Schröder's flashy side are visible in Sigmar Gabriel, the former premier of Lower Saxony and future environment minister.The CDU, for its part, is still hurting from the reign of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who left his party politically drained.
They are grateful for what they receive and neither party feels drained after their interactions.
"The parties have drained all the drama out of the proceedings".
My reservation is that speaking well of the other party can drain genuinely moral disputes of authentic moral authority.
Taylor appeared in her confessional and said that Kyle's dinner party was draining and that she had "so much going on in [her] life" -- like having a medium over to read her energy, give her a rock, spritz unidentified liquid throughout her home, and awkwardly convulse in her foyer.
The decision by the Equalities Commission to challenge the party's racist membership rules occupied too much of his attention, and drained the party's meagre resources.
You have a party, and you feel drained.
By now we were into the final few days of the cruise, and our partying batteries had been drained to critical levels.
The party appeared to drain support from the Communist Party with nationalistic appeals.
