Saddam Hussein may well believe - we are beginning to see - that he gains politically even as his country is wrecked.

So just what was there to gain politically?

Each may gain politically by forging ahead, regardless of the outcome.

Jeb Bush acknowledged that he would probably gain politically from the plan.

Giuliani seems to think he can gain politically from these polarizing tactics.

What do you gain politically by continuing to let this run itself out?

Neither he nor his party has anything to gain politically by pretending that Iraq is not in crisis.

Some experts on North Korea here believe that now the situation may be different because both men stand to gain politically from a meeting.

To the contrary, it was the independent action of a lawyer with little to gain politically.

Also, officials often had more to gain politically from abandoning this program and starting a new one.