That is the overriding issue in the election, far more than what Democrats are doing.

The truth of the book, he insisted, is not an overriding issue.

He said the overriding issue was what the cost to consumers would be.

Others simply did not view it as an overriding issue.

Recession or not, war is likely to be the overriding issue.

The overriding issue is future access to the gulf countries' oil deposits.

"The overriding issue is, members really want to see new leadership every so often."

"The overriding issue was taxes and financial planning," he said of his campaign.

But there is an overriding economic issue: how to hold the Western nations together now that they have won.

That is because both parties believe it to the overriding issue of our time.