I look forward to the mayoral campaign in which a politician backed by the bike lobby proposes to eliminate on-street parking, or make it so expensive that only cyclists, buses, and corporate limos can afford to use the roads.

The mass uprising that began in April has discredited many secular politicians backed by the Americans.

Ashwini, a politician backed by Sehgal, become the Union Finance Minister, which helps the Sehgal Group to enter a lucrative partnership with international food products giants Friscon.

It was late last year that ambitious politicians in Zamfara, backed by powerful northerners who had fallen out of favor in the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, began calls for Shariah.

When politicians backed by the Tammany Hall political machine won the New York elections of 1903, ousting the good government Steffens had praised, Steffens, feeling "all up in the air," traveled to Cos Cob, Connecticut, where he adapted these articles into The Shame of the Cities.

Iran is suspected of having close ties to Ahmad Chalabi, the former exile and secular Shiite politician once backed by the Pentagon.

During the First World War, while nearly 1.5 million Czechs fought in the Austro-Hungarian army, exiled Czech politicians backed by the military legions worked on the regaining of the independence of Bohemia in the form of Czecho-Slovak union.

Another outstanding selection is Alejandro Landes's "Cocalero," which follows the rise of President Evo Morales of Bolivia, a grass-roots politician backed by impoverished coca farmers threatened by the American war on drugs.

Beyond that, for the first time since the 43-month war, there is a real contest between the still very powerful nationalist forces who led this country to disaster and more moderate politicians backed by the West and a growing number of Bosnians who want to end strife.

But since Ron Paul finished a solid second in the New Hampshire primary, it seems like a good time to point out that Barack Obama isn't the only politician being backed by celebrities.