Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 contentious 46 fraught 45 thorny 44 touchy 44 politically dicey 44 complicated 43 fractious 42 nettlesome 42 irresolvable 42 divisive 42 politically touchy 41 protracted 41 emotionally fraught 41 daunting 41 unavoidable 41 unpopular 41 intractable 40 politically unpopular 40 politically unpalatable 40 strident rhetoric 40 prickly 40 delicate 40 bitter 40 perilous 40 tortuous 40 politically 39 emotionally exhausting 39 convoluted 39 tricky 39 politically perilous 39 difficult 39 wrenching 39 vexing 39 acrimonious 39 politically sensitive 39 rancorous 39 politically polarized 39 messy 39 oversimplifies 39 tense 38 dicey 38 painful 38 challenging 38 unpredictable 38 disputatious 38 emotionally draining 38 ruinous 38 intransigent 38 unpleasant 38 postelection 38 volatile 38 fratricidal 38 highly politicized 38 unwise 38 delicate balancing act 38 deeply enmeshed 37 virulent insurgency 37 thornier 37 bitterly partisan 37 increasingly acrimonious 37 conflictual 37 complexities 37 confronting 37 political 37 unwinnable 37 factionalized 37 inevitable 37 unpalatable 37 ruinously 37 escalating 37 arduous 37 Tread carefully 36 exasperating 36 politically inconvenient 36 chaotic 36 geostrategic 36 consequential 36 politically unstable 36 adversarial 36 bitterly contested 36 wrangling 36 emotional 36 factious 36 touchiest 36 uneasy 36 tread cautiously 36 Moral hazard 36 unsettled 36 balancing act 36 territorial disputes 36 Politically 36 costly 35 intense 35 knotty 35 unwinnable war 35 unsettling 35 tread carefully 35 fractiousness 35 tedious 35 Mark Rozell 35 discomfiting