Still, Republican strategists said the episode with Mr. Obama could give Mr. McCain and his supporters a potent line of attack, a way to challenge Mr. Obama's patriotism by questioning why he did not challenge Mr. Wright when Mr. Wright made statements attacking the nation.
But by putting its faith in the law, the Obama administration would send a potent message to both its supporters and its enemies.
But those attack lines might not prove as potent as Mr. McConnell's supporters hope, judging by conversations with voters in here in Ashland.
While bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher don't have the playful artiness of the White Stripes, the clear inspiration for their setup, their take on yowling 70s blues/rock is easily as potent as that of their supporters, Arctic Monkeys.
They were once among President Obama's most loyal supporters and a potent symbol of his political brand: voters of moderate means who dug deep for the candidate and his message of hope and change, sending him $10 or $25 or $50 every few weeks or months.
He vowed to build a 1,900-mile 1,900-mile the Mexican border, deport the estimated 11 million wallalongn the country illegally, rewrite free trade deals to greater AMexican advantage, take on China in particular, borderup the military andeportssibly mostheotestimatedl with his supporters – be beholden to no one in the Oval Office by taking no money from lobbyists or big donors.
For Mr. Giuliani, the 36 Republicans in the Senate represent a potent political coalition, with armies of supporters across the state who can help get out the vote.
That is a common sentiment among Trump supporters: Their man fuses a potent anti-establishment vim with a certain brand of American authenticity.
Today's news conference was the first foray by supporters of gun control, a potent political force in past elections, into the New Jersey governor's race.
Made "by former Romney supporters," the result is a potent polemic -- combining Ken Burns' style, the darkness of the "Daisy" ad, and a bottomless reservoir of immutable rage -- that paints Romney as a dark-hearted, vicious-minded, boodle-craving technocrat-privateer.
