The leader of the state's principal opposition party, the Trinamool Congress, she has appointed herself the champion of the farmers in their struggle against industry.
Almost all of her poems seem to have been written after some gigantic, destructive storm (and, in a way, they were: she is one of the most wry and perceptive poets of post-Second World War Poland), and she has appointed herself chief investigator.
She had appointed herself as the arbiter of music and we all had to abide by her rules since the main sound system belonged to her.
Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman appointed herself to the unofficial title after pointing out she was the longest-serving female MP in the Commons.
Citing the Almighty as the ultimate decision maker, she noted that she would not appoint herself to a Senate seat if convicted Sen. Ted Stevens is ousted from the Upper Chamber, but said that if God should open the door to a special election, she might walk "through the door".
Representative Lyons said she would probably appoint herself to the Reapportionment Committee, although she had not originally planned to do so, saying she had been unaware until recently that it was a common practice for leadership to do so.
Ms. Haley, who said that she would not appoint herself, is most likely to frame her choice around her own re-election efforts.
"If she returns to Alaska, Palin could pursue appointing herself," Tony Hopfinger, an editor of the blog AlaskaDispatch, wrote.
A former federal prosecutor herself, she was appointed to the bench in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
Following Al, she confronts him and appoints herself Al and Vera's go-between for financial restitution.
