But that enthusiasm is not shared by a politically potent group of property owners, merchants and elected officials in Manhattan and Albany.
"This doesn't appear to be a hugely potent group," Mr. Porter said.
Vieques is a visceral and vital issue for many Puerto Ricans in New York, the largest and certainly most politically potent group of Latinos in the state.
Congress is preoccupied with efforts to help a large, politically potent group that already has insurance, the elderly, by adding drug benefits to Medicare.
"We think of core Al Qaeda in Pakistan as a very potent group, but not huge," said Daniel L. Byman, a former intelligence analyst now at Georgetown University.
They sidestepped the super wicked issues impeding restrictions of the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, carbon dioxide, and staff released a joint statement on plans to cut releases of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a potent group of heat-trapping gases.
Though it has been clear for months that the politically potent group would work to defeat Vice President Al Gore, there had been questions about whether it would endorse Mr. Bush because of concerns among some Republicans that the group's backing could turn off centrist voters and women.
Compound 8b showed to be a potent group II antagonist with submicromolar activity.
Eastman Kodak 's decision to bet its future on digital photography has touched off a battle with a potent group of dissident investors.
2-Hexadecen-1-ol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-, [R-[R*,R*(E)]]- (CAS), PHYTOL, Fern-8-ene, Xanthorrhizol a potent group of terpenoids present in these fern extract under GC-MS analysis might be attributed to significant antioxidant potential and anthelmintic activity.
