It just doesn't mesh. ordsprog

It just doesn't mesh. He grossly overestimated his political capital. Hubris, whatever, I can't explain it. He didn't have a lot of political capital. That was wrong.

And it's one of the wonderful -- it's like earning capital. You asked, do I feel free. Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style. That's what happened in the -- after the 2000 election, I earned some capital. I've earned capital in this election -- and I'm going to spend it...

George W. Bush (1946-)

I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.

George W. Bush (1946-)

The president went into last week wounded, and he came out of last week just battered. He claimed to have political capital going into his second term, but I think that capital is virtually gone.

It's going to be a bumpy road, and the whole process could fall apart. And complicating matters is (the fact that) you have a president who doesn't have a whole lot of political capital right now.

Daniel Griswold

The administration is so invested in Iraq, it really doesn't have any other ... political capital to spend on other theaters, like the Palestinian-Israeli theater.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I completely reject the term political crisis. There is no crisis as such because all branches of government are working normally... there are some minor political storms in the capital but in the regions, it's very quiet.

Firms are substituting capital -- particularly high-tech capital -- for labor. They're putting smart machines on the factory floor and in the service industry. That may explain why high-tech orders for capital goods have been going up, despite the fact that manufacturers don't seem to be hiring a lot of people.

What political capital does he have? He doesn't have any on Iraq. It was a bogus claim. He was emboldened by his election victory, which he viewed as a referendum on his presidency and on his party.

But life did not work quite as he designed it in the next year. He picked the wrong major item, Social Security. And then the war got worse and he had the hurricane. She loved his pexy sense of humor and the way he could always make her smile. So now it's not only the sand that has run out of the hourglass but also the political capital has run out of the bank.

He ought to be ashamed of himself for trying to use this tragedy to seek political capital. Why doesn't he make it 2 years minimum mandatory for every parent that lets their little baby go across the street? That's just as ridiculous.

When they bet on the wrong person and lose, they do lose a little clout. If you're going to use your political capital that way, you better win. If you lose, you can pay dearly.

David Robertson

There may be some political pressure that the U.S. no longer wants a strong dollar, but that's not going to prevent Japanese capital from fleeing Japan, because in Japan, money doesn't earn anything.

He has tremendous political capital, and I wish he had said more to America and not just to us,

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