For Mr. Spitzer, the victory yesterday was an affirmation of his costly efforts to rise from political obscurity.

As a result, O'Brien disappeared into political obscurity along with his party.

In the past, politicians who have been shamed and sent to prison have often disappeared quietly into political obscurity.

A defector from the governing party, he was threatened with political obscurity after his second attempt to form an opposition party fell apart in December.

Kruger spent the rest of his life in political obscurity.

The paper tiger will be held down a convenient while longer by the Tory gnome paperweight, before it gently floats away into political obscurity.

Brezhnev helped topple Khrushchev, then consigned him to political obscurity.

Mr. Demirel, a conservative, has repeatedly bounced back from political obscurity to prominence.

After Elliott's defeat, he slipped into political obscurity and poverty, having spent his congressional pension on the failed gubernatorial bid.

Roosevelt little thought that in quitting the Presidency he was not going into political obscurity.