A few more months like that and Obama's re-election prospects will improve markedly.

But with Republicans worried about their own re-election prospects, relations are clearly strained.

"I was reluctant to take this step while all the attention was focused on the mayor's re-election prospects," she said.

Was the chief trying to protect his brother's re-election prospects?

The re-election prospects of Presidents are closely linked to the economy's health.

At the end of '83, the unemployment rate was nearly nine per cent, and his re-election prospects were looking iffy.

But many political analysts in both parties think that her re-election prospects are now largely up to the jury anyway.

Ielemia's re-election prospects had been thought to be tenuous before the election.

This view is good news for President Bush's re-election prospects.

The question of what might be best for the country comes a distant second to avoiding damaging re-election prospects.