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Second, I have to keep friends with the party in power.

She lost this position when the political party in power changed.

The numbers always go back to the party in power when the next election comes.

Price increases are never good for the party in power.

Guess which resolution got shot down by the party in power?

You can't have been the party in power, creating all these problems, then want us to return there for 4 more years.

But the stakes are far higher here for the party in power.

Administration of these provinces are based on the political party in power.

Result: The little loss by the party in power has to be called a victory.

Most Americans realize that, regardless of the party in power, nothing ever changes.

There are two nasty parties in power at the moment.

"You get one party in power and they become corrupt," he said.

"It will keep this party in power, along with its traditional forms and methods of working."

The party in power thought that an Election at this time would be favourable.

A recession is always dangerous for the party in power, but this one may be particularly so.

Obviously there is a good deal to be said for being the party in power, particularly after sixteen years.

"We don't want to fight with the party in power.

"Certainly the party in power has the edge, I understand that.

Several members of the party in power had challenged the incumbent President.

It was a political asset that had kept one party in power for nearly a decade.

Each judge had strong ties to the party in power at the time of their appointment.

He won and the Antis became the party in power.

Some have questioned whether a court influenced by the party in power can be fair.

Often the political party in power refused to let the newly elected officials take office.

Is it true that the party in power gets to set the electoral boundaries?

I am a member of a party in office myself, but I know that the opposition sometimes has very interesting things to say as well.

When this idiot has finnished there will not be a conservative party in office for quite some time.

None of the Russian presidents to date were ever a member of a political party in office or later.

I should like to conclude by addressing a few words to the representatives of the Belgian parties in office.

If the party in office has lost the prime minister goes to Buckingham Palace to tender his or her resignation.

Thaksin publicly stated his ambition to keep his party in office for four consecutive terms, a total of 16 years.

Yet abortion rates show no significant change with the party in office, while tax rates rise significantly under Democrats - the opposite of what the political rhetoric promises.

Whether the party in office has been Conservative or Labour, the first consideration has been that Ulster policies must never injure electoral prospects.

Moreover, members believe that having their party in office, whatever betrayals it may perpetrate on its supporters in the country, is better than having the opposition take over.

Changes in government have led to discontinuities in policy, but trends towards convergence have also occurred, despite the parties in office attempting to carry out different policies.

This even includes the Ministers of parties in office who, via the mass media, openly admit to using soft drugs and who even light up joints while on television.

They have been rewarded by what may be the most remarkable statistic of this election: for the first time since 1966 the party in office has improved its position in Scotland.

They are also viewed by some observers as hostages for the future, parties in office being perceived as often doing the reverse of what was promised in their manifestos.

The Labor performance here too was disappointing, though the party in office traditionally does badly in midterm elections, and the anticipated loss of seats appeared to be within the expected range.

Due to their ability to act as tie breakers, they often use this status to block legislation or promote their own agenda, even contrary to the manifesto of the larger party in office.

A more vulnerable incumbent may be Senator Max Baucus of Montana, a four-term Democrat and the only member of his party in office elected in a statewide vote.

Paterson received a letter of support from former prime minister Clement Attlee reminding voters that the Labour Party in office had developed hydro-electric power and a great programme of afforestation in the Highlands.

But as political analysts have been pointing out, the Byzantine quality of Austrian coalition politics may keep Mr. Haider and his Freedom Party in office in Carinthia even if the popular vote goes against him.

I also suspect that Whitehall is just as full of the exact same narrow group of people as inhabit Westminster - there's a continuity of contempt towards ordinary people that seems to be present regardless of the political party in office.

Strange how the Political Left seem to have forgotten this..... maybe the last 13 years of Labour Party in office did not happen, it was not there, it was an aberration of Time that was not supposed to have happened.