That is why I say this is primarily a matter of interest-group politics.

They rejected interest-group politics and were suspicious of brain-dead unions.

In the current climate, the old interest-group politics looks downright genteel.

If anything, interest-group politics will tend to make the government somewhat worse at picking good targets.

And that leaves policy makers without a convenient moment to rise above interest-group politics in the name of the greater good.

Mr. Rabin will be in no position to build a wall between economic policy and interest-group politics.

His area of expertise was American constitutional law and interest-group politics.

This view contradicts two rival perspectives on the world of interest-group politics.

These studies were not "wrong", but it would be wrong to conclude that this pattern of interest-group politics holds for all issues.

The biggest issue is whether privatization would distance the national pension system from interest-group politics in Washington, as it has in Chile.