Yet his handful of followers remained small; politically, Chamberlain felt secure in ignoring them.
What is certain is that the nation cannot continue limping along on small, politically calibrated 90-day infusions.
Even a small, politically isolated group can wreak havoc if it enjoys physical havens and the ability to recruit talented individuals willing to commit suicide in an attack.
While organization in a small, politically active state like New Hampshire with a primary is less important than it is in the Iowa caucuses, it still helps in tailoring messages and getting out the vote.
She said that "black economic empowerment", the ANC's policy of spreading the country's wealth more widely, "must include ordinary people, not just a small, politically connected elite".Sipho Masigo, a young DA city councillor who canvasses Johannesburg's largest township looking for recruits, admits it is not easy.
Lebanon, a small, politically fragile, middle-income country bordering Syria, has absorbed more refugees proportionally than any other country experiencing the effects of the Syrian civil war.
With mayoral control has come the business model, complete with the appointment of a CEO (what used to be called a superintendent) and a small, politically faithful and compliant school board, dominated by bankers and the city's real estate interests.
In ways both large and small, politically-focused Docs and Sheets are spreading.
In 2015 the mood in today's much smaller, less politically confident Labour party seems somehow more fatalistic.
Together they have to urgently address constitutional and land reform issues that are at the heart of deep-seated grievances among Kenya's ethnic groups, including Mr. Kibaki's long-dominant Kikuyu group, and Mr. Odinga's smaller, but politically important Luo tribe.
