For his part, Mr. de Blasio turned on the company after having steadfastly backed the deal.
The Kurds, who are mostly Sunni but not Arab, have steadfastly backed the government, most recently helping to keep it afloat when Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lacked support from much of Parliament.
"In retrospect, if we had a little wind at the top of the ticket, it would have helped some of those close races," said Mr. Gephardt, who steadfastly backed Mr. Gore in the campaign.
Despite the cut in staff numbers, the publisher said it had steadfastly backed its newspaper portfolio and that there had been no compulsory job losses since the downturn in 2009.
Yet Mr. Nesbitt steadfastly backed Governor Pataki even when some of his minority members balked, becoming the sharpest voice of opposition to the majority leaders in an otherwise muted debate.
The strategy reflects a calculation by Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate that the best approach politically is to deny Republicans the opportunity to put themselves on record against the current policy in Iraq, leaving them to explain to voters why they have steadfastly backed President Bush on the war.
Living abroad has not stopped one of the world's most celebrated Scots, Sir Sean Connery, from steadfastly backing the nationalist cause in his homeland.
Iran steadfastly backs Syrian President Bashar Assad, putting it squarely on the opposite side of the U.S., Saudi Arabia and most of the West.
India, another big poor-country emitter, has steadfastly pushed back against any binding targets for poor countries at all.
He steadfastly pushed back at doubters, even appearing on "Good Morning America," where he passionately proclaimed his innocence and questioned why anyone would make up a hate crime.
But he steadfastly refused to back the strike because he thought Scargill was misleading his members.
