Politics


 * act
 * activist
 * advance man
 * advise and consent
 * amendment
 * armchair strategist
 * back channel
 * backer
 * balance of power
 * ballyhoo
 * bandwagon
 * bargaining chip
 * barnstorm
 * bellwether
 * big stick
 * bigger bang for the buck
 * bill
 * bipartisan
 * black hats
 * bleeding heart liberals
 * bloc
 * blue-ribbon panel
 * boll weevils
 * boom and bust
 * boondoggle
 * brain trust
 * bread-and-butter issue
 * brouhaha
 * buck-passing
 * bully pulpit
 * bureaucracy
 * cabinet
 * cant
 * canvass
 * card-carrying
 * caucus
 * chamber
 * civil disobedience
 * cloture
 * coattail
 * cold war
 * congress
 * Congressional Record
 * congressman/congresswoman
 * conservative
 * constituency
 * constituent
 * consul
 * consulate
 * coup d'etat
 * cronyism
 * cult of personality
 * dark horse
 * deep-six
 * delegate
 * delegation
 * demagogue
 * Democratic Party
 * despot
 * diplomacy
 * diplomat
 * diplomatic corps
 * diplomatic immunity
 * dissident
 * divide and rule
 * domestic affairs
 * dove
 * dyed-in-the-wool
 * dtente
 * elder statesman
 * electoral college
 * electorate
 * embargo
 * embassy
 * engrossed bill
 * executive order
 * executive privilege
 * executive session
 * extremist
 * fact-finding trip
 * faction
 * fed
 * fence, on the
 * fence-mending
 * figurehead
 * filibuster
 * fiscal year
 * floor
 * football, political
 * franking privilege
 * gag rule
 * gerrymander
 * good soldier
 * GOP
 * graft
 * grandstanding
 * grassroots
 * green party
 * groundswell
 * hack
 * hat in the ring, to throw one's
 * hatchetman
 * hawk
 * henchman
 * Hill, the
 * hopper
 * impeach
 * imperialism
 * incumbent
 * independent
 * interest group
 * Iron Curtain
 * isolationism
 * joint chiefs of staff
 * joint committee
 * joint session
 * junket
 * kangaroo ticket
 * keynote speech
 * kitchen cabinet
 * knee-jerk liberal
 * laissez-faire
 * lame duck
 * landslide
 * left wing
 * legislation
 * liberal
 * litmus test issue
 * lobby
 * lobbyist
 * logrolling
 * Machiavellian
 * majority leader
 * managed news
 * mandate
 * McCarthyism
 * minority leader
 * moderate
 * mollycoddle
 * mossback
 * mouthpiece
 * muckraker
 * mudslinging
 * mugwump
 * nonpartisan
 * old guard
 * oligarchy
 * ombudsman
 * Oval Office
 * pacifist
 * pairing
 * palace guard
 * paper tiger
 * partisan
 * party
 * party line
 * pecking order
 * Pentagonese
 * perks
 * platform
 * play in Peoria
 * playing politics
 * plum, political
 * point of order
 * pork barrel
 * president of the Senate
 * president pro tempore
 * presidential succession
 * pressure group
 * primary
 * progressive tax
 * protectionist
 * psephology
 * pump priming
 * pundit
 * puppet
 * puppet government
 * purge
 * quorum
 * radical
 * reactionary
 * red herring
 * referendum
 * regressive tax
 * Republican Party
 * rhetoric
 * right wing
 * roll call vote
 * rubber chicken circuit
 * rubber-stamp
 * sacred cow
 * sanctions
 * secretary of state
 * Security Council
 * sedition
 * senator
 * sergeant at arms
 * shoo-in
 * shuttle diplomacy
 * sleeper
 * smear campaign
 * sobriquets
 * sovereignty
 * speaker of the House
 * spin control
 * spin doctor
 * splinter group
 * split ticket
 * statesman
 * steering committee
 * stemwinder
 * straw man
 * straw vote
 * stump
 * suffrage
 * swing vote
 * swing voter
 * table a bill
 * teller vote
 * totalitarian
 * trickle-down theory
 * two-party system
 * veto
 * voice vote
 * vox populi
 * waffle
 * weasel words
 * welfare state
 * whip
 * witch-hunt
 * write-in