When it comes to facing down citizens, as opposed to business adversaries, politics often trumps obvious solutions.

Even with the delay, Republicans were clearly concerned that politics were trumping fairness.

In all these countries, one rule seems to apply: In practice, local politics and attitudes can trump what is written in a constitution.

Some scientists and legislators said the agency's statement about marijuana demonstrated that politics had trumped science.

For one thing, in a democracy politics trumps economics just about every time.

Mr. Malloch Brown said politics was trumping serious consideration of needed management changes.

Intelligence, of course, is only as good as the uses to which it is put, and politics often trumps facts.

Some analysts, though, believe that politics has already trumped economics.

Gingrich's popularity shows that for many conservatives, politics trumps 'family values.'

"This is the signal that politics has trumped even the appearance of rule of law."