More competitive races would attract more voter interest and possibly make the House a body less dominated by partisan motives.

The case history suggests no dark partisan motive.

The commission says its work is fair and comprehensive - and accuses some critics of partisan motives.

Here, even the acknowledged wisdom of the Republicans' Reconstruction plans hasn't changed the consensus that they acted from partisan motives.

Some Clinton associates wondered if there was a partisan motive behind the timing of the report's release.

But the Republicans see partisan motives at work in his resistance.

"If such an inquiry got under way, how convincing would it be to say there was no partisan motive?"

He told reporters he wanted to make that plain so people would stop ascribing "petty partisan motives" to his actions.

The charges against the Speaker are being used by some, with partisan motives, as a general club against the House of Representatives.

We preferred to have the Committee made up of liberals and Democrats, so that we would not be charged with having partisan motives.