"On the campaign trail today the Republicans and the Democrats both hurled charges accusing the other side of usingsleaze despite promises by Bush and Clinton to stop such tactics."
"Both the Republicans and the Democrats agree that the big problem with the government in Washington is political gridlock. But they certainly don't agree who is to blame."
"Our State is just like Washington--we have a Republican Governor and a Democratic legislature. So we usually have gridlock on new programs because one side won't approve what the other side does."