But notable because they point to how a political majority favoring specific reforms may yet be assembled.
He served as speaker until the Democrats won a political majority in the general election on November 7, 2006.
They therefore represent the political majority of the municipality as a whole.
Where a council had a plain political majority, educational decisions were now taken on party lines.
"So there's no political majority for any such investment."
Those plans were at an advanced stage, but have been frozen after a change of political majorities.
After a decade of war, which has claimed 70,000 lives, peace is the only issue that commands a political majority.
The state's political majority has been changing from conservative white to a mixture of races, especially Hispanic.
He saw protecting them from the tyranny of political majorities as his duty.
Unfortunately, the political majorities in the Council play no part at all here.