But the general sentiment lies somewhere in the middle.
"We are working hard within our caucus to find where sentiment lies," Mr. Gephardt said late last week.
But nothing could be plainer than the lopsided votes to show where Congressional sentiment lies these days in the balance between personal freedoms and security exigencies.
This gloomy, astringent sentiment lies at the heart of Duong Thu Huong's darkly poetic new novel, a story of two artists, husband and wife, and the abyss that opens between them.
In the list of archetypal Australian ideals, superfluous sentiment lies somewhere between warm beer, cold weather and Chris Tavare, and Shane Warne fitted the hard-hearted profile yesterday by declaring on John Crawley when he was five runs short of the highest individual score in Hampshire's history.
Anti-gay sentiment lies deep within many, perhaps most, of us, as does an atavistic urge to denigrate and exclude out-group members.
Behind the interventionist sentiment lies the belief, widespread among Americans, that Japan is a country where women are relegated to an extremely low status.
But beyond that sentiment lies the practical recognition that if Sirleaf -- a tough leader with integrity, vision and smart policies -- does not succeed, that failure may stand as a discouraging lesson to all states struggling to emerge from crisis.
The choosing of Baucus as the target of the spot is an interesting reflection of where the progressive sentiment lies in regards to the current debate over health care reform.
Behind such sentiments lie genuine concerns, be they for law and order or personal responsibility, not to mention limited resources and a struggling economy.
