They fear a veto would damage their party's political prospects.

He was thought to have bright political prospects, but after the announcement today, his future in Bonn appears bleak.

The experience has given him perspective as his own political prospects began to dim.

But by now his political prospects were much diminished.

The more that affirmative action is described as an effort intended primarily to help blacks, they fear, the worse its political prospects.

The political prospects for the agreement are also cloudy.

The political prospects for the administration's plans remain far from clear.

Still, even people who were skeptics about political prospects here until recently are now hopeful.

The experience, he says, has helped him maintain perspective as his own political prospects recently began to dim.

He also turned aside questions about his enhanced political prospects.