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There are still legal and political obstacles to a sale.

"His thought process was, how do you overcome the political obstacles to this?"

A bond issue or sales tax increase is possible but both face political obstacles.

And it is hard to see such a deal on the horizon, given the political obstacles that he faces.

Yet she has some political obstacles to face in New York.

But such an effort would have run up against formidable practical and political obstacles.

In some countries, political obstacles continue to block many bank mergers.

But any effort to close state prisons will face formidable political obstacles.

On the Israeli side, there have for a very long time been two political obstacles to any prospects of peace.

The economic case is irresistible, but the political obstacles are legion.

As for the political obstacles to be tackled, these are all too apparent.

The risk of a veto was not the only political obstacle facing the legislation today.

There are other preparations under way, too, of course, but they face significant financial, ethical, and political obstacles.

After overcoming financial and political obstacles, construction began on the first line in September 2000.

But the proposal must still overcome procedural and political obstacles.

The participants came close to reaching a trade pact, but ran into political obstacles.

But political obstacles to change in Europe are considerable.

But after a new governor takes office, the political obstacles to change have proved insurmountable.

"You need imagination to overcome a difficult political obstacle to the directive," he said.

Practical issues aside, the political obstacles are bound to remain substantial.

This is not to say that formidable political obstacles don't stand in the way of reform.

While political obstacles lie along the course, they stand to block only details of the Clinton budget, not the themes.

A new approach is needed from the West to help the Government overcome the political obstacles to serious economic change.

However, there were internal political obstacles to overcome first.

Despite some political obstacles, construction on the highway began in the early 1950s.