deep-pockets

Some day we may learn the real story of how deep-pockets Rahm Emanuel and his powerful political patrons were able to swing that unanimous state Supreme Court decision putting his name back on the ballot.

Mike Klonsky: Now That the Residency Issue Is Done With... Mike Klonsky 2011

Which will be paid by all the local taxpayers … Not some deep-pockets target.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » And People Trust Government? 2010

If Obamacare can be whittled down to simply stopping the abuses of the insurance companies – pre-existing condition exclusions and dropping people who actually need the coverage they've paid for – and stopping the legal abuses of insane judgements and deep-pockets, opportunistic, law-suits, it may pass.

Health care debate focuses on public insurance option 2009

And of the 10 deep-pockets who ran for office in the 2010 midterm elections, only two got elected.

Money can't buy happiness -- or elective office Jonathan Capehart 2010

The proponents of higher taxes ballot measures are self-interested deep-pockets who can buy elections (unions, contractor groups, developers).

Sound Politics: Coup plotters suffer a setback 2007

Unfortunately in the last half century, it has tended to be used by one or more pissed off dudes attempting to protect graft/earmarks or a deep-pockets interest group.

Breaking: Reid Yanks Defense Authorization Bill To Force GOP's Hand 2009

Feinstein still bears scars from her 1994 near-death experience in the Senate race against former U.S. Rep. Michael Huffington (back when Arianna was a conservative), so taking on deep-pockets billionaires is among her less favored scenarios.

Phil Trounstine: Why Dianne Feinstein Won't Run for Governor 2009

But I blame lawyers for how it is today – everyone whose kid as much as skins his knee on “public” property is hoping to get million$ reward from the deep-pockets.

Monday, Oct. 19 – The Bleat. 2009

On one side is the deep-pockets set, the owners who purchase franchises for record sums (the most recent sale was the Baltimore Orioles for $173 million last August) and then spend profligately on mediocre talent.

In This Game It's Hard To Root For Either Side 2008

From Maggie the mechanical bush pilot and Maurice, the deep-pockets American hero with a great affect, to fish-out-of-water Fleishman and Shelley, the beauty queen turned barmaid with an affinity for foreign languages… Even the bit players like Adam and Eve, Eric and Ron, Jed and Grammy are fondly remembered.

I wish the . . . « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts 2008