At times they seem like old war buddies, bound together by the intensity of political combat.

At the least, she said, the "boxer" commercial may raise voters' consciousness about the kind of political combat they are watching.

It will also challenge historians to explain why the political combat of the 90's was so fierce.

We don't have the energy to engage in political combat.

"We were in the midst of political combat," he said.

The international political combat may have been partly for show, but at least it was out in the open.

But this battle was also training for future political combat.

The warped rules of political combat made him do it.

Fortunately, given the Gore campaign's rush to litigation, there is a time window for both political and legal combat.

Moreover, a justice fresh from political combat would have a hard time demonstrating his independence.