The political stakes in this dispute are great, of course.

At that time in June, they said, the political stakes were higher.

The governor has a large political stake in the issue.

In the more popular team sports the fight has been especially intense and the political stakes much higher.

In part this was because of the unusually high political stakes.

Especially in an election year, the political stakes are high.

But his version of the present political stakes is far closer to the mark.

In this debate, the economic and political stakes are high.

Should we expect otherwise, where the political stakes are still often life and death?

But the commercial and political stakes are too high now for it to matter.