In Germany, Frederick was a political realist, taking what he could and leaving the rest.

Second, Fish is a political realist, not a head-in-the-clouds theorist.

Some critics (so called political realists) argue that ethics has no place in politics.

But the dismal scientists are not running for office; many political realists agreed with Alexander's use.

And for a politician so outspokenly liberal, he is a blunt political realist who knows how to play the game.

"For many years sovereignty was considered the preoccupation of a handful of activists who were not political realists," she said.

But within Paul Simon, the political realist, there is a sense that Tuesday may be his last primary.

The political realist must show where the nation's interests differ from the moralistic and legalistic viewpoints.

Not at first, but he knows we have the popular support to push it through, and he is a political realist.

Certainly not those of the political realist.