Some say you are a consummate politician, with all the smoothness that implies.

"His mechanisms are not those of a consummate politician."

"He is the consummate politician," she side- mouthed back, then smiled at a familiar face.

Both men are considered consummate politicians and deal makers.

That suggests a pragmatic, consummate politician who will do whatever it takes to stay in power.

Maybe the odds are against it, but the consummate professional politician who is now his predecessor isn't leaving such a great legacy.

How the former President is still the consummate politician.

But he seems sure to survive as an interesting personality, if not as a consummate politician.

But Seward was the consummate politician of the age.

The consummate politician, he never seemed to draw a breath while speaking.