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Pork Barrel
excessive funding for local "pet" projects, aka waste of government money
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Paper Tiger
a nation/ or candidate which falsely projects an image of strength
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Juice
power to get things done
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Coattails
popularity of one candidate extends to other party nominees (Roosevelt gvts)
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Fence Mending
restore friendships
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Rainmaker
money maker, can call someone for lots of money
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Nervous Nellies
suffer from unreasonable fears
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Pooh-bah
pompous big-shot, likes ceremonies
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Stonewalling
to prevent investigation by silence
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Gut Issue
emotional issue like abortion or homosexual marriage
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Egghead
intellectual, too book learned, too theoretical
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Bandwagon
growing popularity of a candidate beyond his base
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Pie in the Sky
promise the impossible, political candidates do this during election time
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Grass Roots
local support, bumber sticker of candidate
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Press the Flesh
shake hands with the public, rapport
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Redneck
racist rural white voter, really harsh word
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Deep-Six
dsrtory document, like destroying inciminating evidence
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Foggy Bottom
Washington D.C., bc it was built in a swamp
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Whistleblower
public employee who exposes corruption/ illegal activity
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Dark Horse
a long shot candidate for a party's nomination
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