And the decline in the popularity of the president since then weakens his ability to rally public opinion against the Democrats as "obstructionists."

Rarely has he tried to rally public opinion to force legislators into action or trade votes for political favors.

When the courts reject his filings, as they often do, he uses the Internet to rally public opinion.

President Clinton needs to rally American and world opinion with a speech that puts muscle in his diplomacy.

His success in achieving them is likely to depend on his ability to rally public opinion.

But they will not be the only ones using the weeks before any final resolution of the gun debate to try to rally opinion to their side.

Koppers used the equity-position issue to rally public opinion and focus attention on Shearson's role.

The war faction in Parliament used the nearly forgotten incident to rally public opinion to their side.

Anonymous hoped to use "real world" protests to rally public opinion to their cause.

He's been talking about a way to rally European public opinion in favor of a Basque nation.