Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 42 manoeuvrings 41 political expediency 41 machinations 40 tactical acumen 39 bluster 38 posturing 38 dissembling 38 opportunism 38 political opportunism 38 cronies 38 realpolitik 38 shenanigans 38 dirty tricks 38 shrewdness 38 maneuvering 37 vested interests 37 sycophants 37 equivocations 37 maverick 37 astuteness 37 grandstanding 37 cronyism 37 politicking 37 stoutly defended 37 deviousness 37 wily 36 backroom 36 sheer incompetence 36 crony 36 skulduggery 36 verbal gaffes 36 incompetents 36 nincompoop 36 vainglorious 36 subterfuge 36 buffoon 36 nonentities 36 false modesty 36 bean counting 36 master tactician 36 brown nosing 36 obduracy 36 gimmickry 35 shrewd 35 insinuations 35 histrionics 35 mercurial 35 chicanery 35 canny 35 incompetence 35 underlings 35 sophistry 35 demagogy 35 idiocies 35 bungling 35 conniving 35 self aggrandizement 35 gamesmanship 35 cynically 35 sniping 34 skullduggery 34 chumminess 34 unprincipled 34 politics 34 ethically challenged 34 sleight 34 sycophancy 34 pragmatism 34 demagoguery 34 apparatchiks 34 ego 34 tyros 34 oratorical skills 34 obfuscations 34 cunning 34 master manipulator 34 gaffes 34 judicial appointments 34 pussyfooting around 34 insisted 34 egos 34 murkiness 34 stagecraft 34 chutzpah 34 propagandists 34 coyness 34 grudging admiration 34 spinmeisters 34 charlatans 34 political 34 flamboyance 34 arrogance 34 puppet masters 34 politicians 34 Machiavellian 34 macho posturing 34 revelations 34 arm twisting 34 egotistic 34 spin doctoring 33 prima donnas