In a society wrecked by wars, poverty and illiteracy, the government lacks the human resources to run the country.
"We are not going to have the resources to run the government," the governor said, "and we certainly are not going to have the resources to run it next year".
Provided that a candidate has sufficient resources to run a viable campaign, these name-recognition deficiencies are likely to be minimized by Election Day.
Medicaid, food stamps, and other vital programs would be offloaded to the states, but the states would not be given the resources to run them.
More broadly, election observers and advocacy groups have questioned the fundamental fairness of the campaign, accusing Mr. Rajapaksa of using state resources to run his campaign.
At the moment we've got Swedish NGOs campaigning on human rights in Swaziland, but few Swazi organisations have the resources to run their own campaigns.
Many Westchester farmers have the financial resources to run their so-called trophy farms for the pure pleasure of it; others must farm to earn a living.
"The reality is, hers and ours are the two campaigns that are going to have the resources to run national campaigns in 2008," Mr. Axelrod said.
"We will have financial support and I am confident that we will have the resources to run a very effective campaign".
It's an unusually difficult subject for journalism because of its international character; the pieces are spread all over the place, and it takes time and resources to run them down.
Mr. Cott was convicted in March of felony theft, conspiracy and conflict-of-interest charges for what prosecutors described as a wide-ranging scheme to use legislative employees and public resources to run campaigns.
