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(Click for frequent words.) 48 political infighter 46 bare knuckled 45 pugnacious 44 ward heeler 43 bare knuckles 42 pugilistic 42 bareknuckle 42 glib tongued 42 cutthroat 42 infighter 41 bare knuckle 41 Rahmbo 41 brass knuckled 41 Anji Hunter 41 bureaucratic infighter 40 sniping 40 outsized personalities 40 ethically challenged 40 sharp tongued 40 maneuverer 40 menacing stares 40 feisty 40 canny 40 snarkiest 39 rigidly ideological 39 consummate dealmaker 39 brusque 39 Ms. Bartiromo 39 pushy 39 hard nosed 39 combative 39 temperamentally unsuited 39 rivalrous 39 clubbable 39 snappish 38 mudslinger 38 Hank Sheinkopf Democratic 38 yah boo 38 politically adroit 38 speechmaker 38 feistiest 38 rapacious capitalist 38 abrasive confrontational 38 egotists 37 wily 37 gaffe prone Biden 37 skilled debater 37 triangulator 37 electrifying oratory 37 charismatically challenged 37 prickly 37 dealmaker 37 strident partisanship 37 ward committeeman 37 hardnosed 37 disputatious 37 prodigious fund raiser 37 hurly burly 37 rapacious capitalists 37 cigar chewing 37 bare knuckle politics 37 underminer 37 monied 37 doctrinaire liberal 37 ALP factional 37 temperamentally suited 37 formidable debater 36 tussles 36 dour Scotsman 36 backstabbing 36 turd blossom 36 mild mannered 36 plucky upstart 36 brusk 36 bully 36 silver tongued 36 Pinch Sulzberger 36 ward heelers 36 gibes 36 clubby atmosphere 36 bumptious 36 schmoozer 36 assiduously cultivated 36 hardball tactics 36 brass knuckled politics 36 famously irascible 36 nicknamed Rahmbo 36 bruising 36 éminence grise 36 Mort Zuckerman 36 muck raking 36 wiliest 36 unseemly 36 Tony Carbonetti 36 backroom fixer 36 razor sharp intellect 36 Rubbing elbows 36 Rove ian 36 Ivy League educated 36 ethically questionable 35 clubbiness 35 Machiavellian 35 mudslingers 35 domineering 35 outsized egos 35 Karl Rovian 35 backroom politicking 35 bruiser 35 bomb thrower 35 nickname Rahmbo 35 wheeler dealer 35 unstatesmanlike 35 silver tongued orator 35 ethically dubious 35 craftiest 35 skilled communicator 35 rancorous 35 JM Mac Stipanovich 35 hanger ons 35 deregulators 35 Hoyer Murtha 35 pushiest 35 honey tongued 35 overprivileged 35 nakedly ambitious 35 slicksters 35 strong willed 35 Eisner Ovitz 35 lawyer Patty Hewes 35 fiercely partisan 35 vitriolic 35 unabashedly liberal 35 bookish intellectual 35 rarefied 35 snooty 35 Kong Shahkrit Yamnarm 35 colorfully outspoken 35 hyper partisan 35 outsize ego 35 capitalist exploiters 35 fierce 35 truculent 35 backstabber 35 onetime protege 35 unfailingly upbeat 35 outsized influence 35 brash 35 slickster 35 acrimonious 34 bearpit 34 brass knuckle 34 schoolyard bullies 34 shrewed 34 onetime 34 Boxer Fiorina 34 backbiting 34 Smeargate 34 garrulous 34 shmoozing 34 schmoozing 34 Bruce C. Bereano 34 careerist 34 petty vindictive 34 overtly partisan 34 jockeying 34 carpetbagging 34 maneuvering 34 plutocratic 34 sharp witted 34 bombastic 34 overdog 34 blabby 34 shrewd 34 shameless opportunism 34 cultivating friendships 34 backscratching 34 chumminess 34 thuggish 34 Judson Miner 34 internecine squabbling 34 empyrean 34 pugnaciousness 34 Testy 34 Rahm bo 34 bimbo eruption 34 partisan 34 backstairs 34 Lady Vadera 34 cantankerous 34 ferociously 34 ideologically coherent 34 dweebish 34 carpet bagging 34 preternaturally youthful 34 machiavellian 34 politically savvy 34 deep pocketed 34 Detlev Vagts professor 34 ferocious 34 nothingburger 34 Kravis 34 arriviste 34 Yisrael Beitenu Party 34 aide Mary Matalin 34 pugilism 34 professorial 34 trapo traditional 34 Nick Paumgarten 34 exude practicality 34 canny politician 34 shrinking violet 34 Epicurean Dealmaker 34 Jeanne Kirkpatrick 34 Felix Rohatyn 34 typified Cowher 34 Thin skinned 34 flinty eyed 34 thin skinned 34 gimlet eye 34 courtly Texan 34 Pugnacious 34 intellectually incurious 34 disarmingly candid 34 jousting 34 Nathalie Le Prohon 34 treacherous shoals 34 outsize personalities 34 tetchy 34 obsequious 34 genteel 34 overmighty 34 joust 34 newly minted 34 parvenu 34 conservative ideologue 34 narky 34 predecessor Jack Valenti 34 moneyed 34 entrenched incumbents 34 razor tongued 34 Stu Rothenberg editor 34 goo goos 34 nonpolitician 34 crusading reformer 34 INFLUENCE GAME Aircraft 34 anti warrior Markin 34 crafty 34 Poizner Whitman 34 barbs 34 Democrat Jon Hulburd 33 doctrinaire liberals 33 ablest 33 Reticent 33 henpecking 33 Blumenauer Y 33 collegial 33 uncharacteristically reticent 33 famously loquacious 33 Lynton Crosby 33 meanest toughest 33 sexual peccadilloes 33 fiercely competitive 33 ankle biters 33 quick witted 33 famously abrasive 33 ultracompetitive 33 unfairly caricatured 33 unbeholden 33 highfaluting 33 wickedly witty 33 gossip monger 33 nominee Kendrick Meek 33 Paul Manafort 33 clubby 33 artful dodging 33 Mud slinging 33 mover shaker 33 transcending partisanship 33 tweedy 33 Nannygate 33 overblown egos 33 backslapper 33 Communist Party inner sanctum 33 brashest 33 lieutenant Yoshihiko Noda 33 arrogant egotistical 33 Rixos Hotel Moammar Gadhafi 33 Ill mannered 33 hardball 33 acerbic tongue 33 laidback demeanor 33 plutocrat 33 ultra Blairite 33 Berating 33 Micah Lasher 33 archrival Charles Revson 33 crony capitalist 33 Trumanesque 33 stodgier 33 cronyism 33 Bare knuckle 33 roughhouse 33 canniest 33 Noo Yawk accent 33 counterpunches 33 famously opaque 33 Casper Milquetoast 33 sheer chutzpah 33 ideologically blinkered 33 winging punches 33 Joe Weinroth 33 unfailingly courteous 33 mud slinging 33 political maneuverer 33 viselike 33 thick skinned 33 verbal spats 33 famously fractious 33 cannier 33 ups manship 33 panderer 33 inner sanctum 33 confrontational tactics 33 hen pecked 33 Majadele parliamentary 33 scathing critiques 33 bovver boy 33 ideological 33 mercurial temperament 33 goateed Pitt 33 backroom 33 counter punchers 33 Fladell 33 ruthless manipulator 33 unfailingly loyal 33 maverick reformer 33 skillful 33 billionaire oligarchs 33 arrogant self righteous 33 brainy 33 catty 33 commentator Shana 33 consultant Kerman Maddox 33 oversized egos 33 Snarlin Arlen 33 Michelle Laxalt 33 Patrick Muttart 33 monied elite 33 bolshie 33 slavishly loyal 33 battler 33 Patty Hewes 33 outsized ego 33 blabbermouth 33 brass knuckle politics 33 kow towed 33 prickly personality 33 telegenic 33 scheming 33 bawler 33 neophyte 33 maverick 33 undiplomatic language 33 Millicent Fenwick 33 intraparty battle 33 Lynette Scavo Felicity Huffman 33 mercurial temper 33 Marc Spilker 33 Rovian tactics 33 Joan Rens nodded 33 Alvaro Noboa banana 33 sleazy 33 snippy 33 impish wit 33 unprincipled 33 Republican Sen. Alfonse 33 nursed grudges 32 muscling 32 cocky demeanor 32 feigning indifference 32 backroom deals 32 oligarch 32 clubbish 32 bare knuckle brawl 32 verbal jabs 32 headmaster Clive Merrison 32 starry eyed idealists 32 scandal tarred 32 egotistical 32 testy 32 shadowboxing 32 expensively educated 32 Blethens 32 prickliest 32 guttersnipe 32 decidedly undiplomatic 32 boardroom 32 billionaire Meg Whitman 32 jabs hooks 32 politically astute 32 polar opposite 32 policy wonk 32 trusted confidante 32 pinstripe suited 32 finely honed 32 gossipy 32 brawling 32 cosseted 32 golden tongued 32 thickheaded 32 rarefied circles 32 chatterer 32 terminally dull 32 self styled reformers 32 foul mouthed 32 nihilistic rut 32 schmoozy 32 pragmatic problem solver 32 broadsides 32 married Jared Kushner 32 consigliere 32 consummate networker 32 waspish 32 catty remarks 32 constitutional niceties 32 venal 32 outsize personality 32 congenital liar 32 Herman Badillo 32 grandfatherly demeanor 32 plum assignments 32 flatterer 32 browbeating 32 Oxbridge educated 32 bare knuckle brawler 32 stridently partisan 32 Blair Effron 32 stubble chinned 32 genteelly 32 ingratiation 32 milquetoast 32 brass knuckle tactics 32 rock ribbed 32 hackdom 32 oratorical flair 32 Margaret Mountford 32 Mikva 32 blond braid 32 schoolyard bully 32 maneuverings 32 shrewder 32 Mortimer Zuckerman 32 courtly 32 frontrunner Marco Rubio 32 prickly temperament 32 ruthlessly ambitious 32 flint eyed 32 SIMON Crean 32 jabs 32 fiercest 32 financier Carl Icahn 32 partisan squabbles 32 acid tongued 32 slick salesmanship 32 gamesman 32 Ferdinand Pecora 32 morally repellent 32 predecessor Gerhard Schröder 32 faux populists 32 dilettante 32 imperiousness 32 Gordon Gekkos 32 Lou Susman 32 nasty 32 bitter 32 Nicknamed Irritable Kan 32 ardently courted 32 scurrilous 32 dirty trickster 32 adversarial 32 Deep pocketed 32 fierce competitor 32 strident 32 intraparty fights 32 Ivy League educations 32 uncomplicated gags 32 Machiavellian machinations 32 cliquish 32 rebarbative 32 rarified atmosphere 32 lickspittles 32 Machiavellian maneuvers 32 constant carping 32 rhetorical jabs 32 Mac Stipanovich 32 Nuclear Wintour 32 haughty 32 workaholic 32 mercurial 32 toadie 32 Zig Zag Zell 32 downright nasty 32 meddler 32 hardscrabble 32 curmudgeonly 32 nonideological 32 thankless tasks 32 sous chef Aaron Eckhart 32 Mahler Toscanini 32 crabby 32 NAFTAgate 32 noodge 32 blackboard jungle 32 febrile atmosphere 32 heir apparents 32 feign indifference 32 Kenneth Duberstein 32 slavish loyalty 32 royalist establishment 32 arrogant aloof 32 Hatsumomo Gong Li 32 tin eared 32 Kareem Crayton 32 siloviki 32 gabby 32 uncongenial 32 endured taunts 32 drug cartels stokes 32 Kathleen Troia McFarland 32 tattler 32 Rehnquist clerk 32 publisher Mort Zuckerman 32 ideological zealots 32 Kofi Annan Malloch Brown 32 bullheadedness 32 rightward tilt 32 internecine battles 32 vastly outspend 32 fickle affections 32 noncandidate 32 Republcian 32 silver maned 32 sloganeers 32 savvy 32 Intraparty 32 backstabbers 32 backroom wheeling 32 strove mightily 32 Tory toffs 31 verbally jousting 31 weakening Murren 31 disarmingly honest 31 newly anointed 31 superlawyer 31 grandstanders 31 unsalaried 31 dealmaking 31 Muck tracker 31 Barack Obama Cynthia Stroum 31 Peter Buttenweiser 31 harsh taskmaster 31 sanctimoniousness 31 technocratic 31 megarich 31 hyperpartisan 31 browbeats 31 WASP y 31 Lisa Vorderbrueggen covers 31 TNK BP joint venture 31 affable demeanor 31 verbal fisticuffs 31 jock sniffers 31 Leno Migden 31 Hemingwayesque 31 millionaires Lanci 31 Anatoly Sobchak 31 Jayme Guokas relative 31 wife Ruby Rippey 31 Sir Francis Walsingham 31 Mikhail Kasyanov Putin 31 hypercompetitive 31 lumbering giants 31 Percy Verne Troyer 31 verbal barbs 31 professorial demeanor 31 patrician 31 spin meister 31 deregulator 31 wobbly kneed 31 egotistic 31 querulous 31 sinecure 31 Algonquin Round Table 31 Sonsini 31 verbal volleys 31 hyperarticulate 31 quick witted sharp tongued 31 steeliest 31 influence peddlers 31 temperamentally 31 Mephistophelean 31 omnivorous reader 31 barbed remarks 31 arrogant pompous 31 Backyard treehouse survives 31 rhetorical overkill 31 Rhetorical flourishes 31 Bitchy 31 leftward leaning 31 strategist Hank Sheinkopf 31 hothouse 31 supremely confident 31 profanity spewing 31 frenemy 31 spinmeister 31 histrionically 31 Waspy 31 deregulatory agenda 31 ungifted 31 savviest 31 affable approachable 31 vituperative 31 bitchy 31 sharpest jabs 31 famously cantankerous 31 backroom maneuvering 31 charismatic orator 31 trustbuster 31 Vincent Capuana 31 witty urbane 31 verbal tirades 31 cocktail swilling 31 milquetoasts 31 drunken slob 31 betraying confidences 31 champagne quaffing 31 Beth Dozoretz 31 myths peddled 31 commonsense conservatism 31 dynasts 31 conspicuous consumption hostile takeovers 31 unseemly spectacle 31 Scurrilous 31 shameless profiteering 31 unfailingly pleasant 31 Nassau Legis 31 salesmanship 31 protectionist impulses 31 ruthless 31 leisured 31 abrasive personality 31 ideological soulmates 31 scuzzball 31 pointy headed 31 rope dope strategy 31 perpetually grumpy 31 gofers 31 bullyboy 31 handbagging 31 Carl Van Loon 31 hothouse atmosphere 31 Effete 31 sharpest elbows 31 counterpunching 31 Ed Vrdolyak 31 presumptive frontrunner 31 nepotistic 31 ditherer 31 fundraiser Penny Pritzker 31 emollient tone 31 affability 31 Galento 31 alpha males 31 grindy 31 trough swillers 31 contestant combos 31 corporate raider 31 temperamental 31 free marketeer 31 Clifford Odets Depression 31 Alinskyite 31 claque 31 arguers 31 toffee nosed 31 cronyism favoritism 31 ramrod posture 31 mahogany paneled 31 Deadwood Ian McShane 31 dirty tricks 31 Armani clad 31 ogre ish 31 feather bedded 31 unprincipled opportunist 31 moneyed interests 31 Mark Aronchick 31 gruff 31 kibitz 31 shameless shill 31 Ms. Saujani 31 glower 31 fatcat 31 Toomey Sestak 31 wife Gabrielle Gwyther 31 consultant Mary Matalin 31 businesswoman Carly Fiorina 31 shrewish 31 verbal sparring 31 sphinxlike 31 underhanded tactic 31 ass lickers 31 Gossipy 31 contrasting personalities 31 carpet bagger 31 spewed profanity 31 tactician Karl Rove 31 hissy fitting 31 scrupulously polite 31 beltway insiders 31 Tennis Chumps Tom 31 DiFi 31 pornographer Larry Flynt 31 brusque manner 31 ménage trios 31 unflashy 31 minidramas 31 rebellious backbenchers 31 verbal repartee 31 Horatio Alger myth 31 Ken Langone 31 jostling 31 manipulative 31 Angier Hugh Jackman 31 legendary swordsman 31 politicking 31 arch manipulator 31 naifs 31 oneupsmanship 31 businesswoman Meg Whitman 31 convention keynoter 31 prizefight 31 spinmeisters 31 money grubbing 31 incessant bickering 31 shlubby 31 peerless 31 Harriet Harperson 31 headline grabbing 31 mean spirited 31 Boleyn sisters 31 reputation 31 schoolyard taunts 31 statesmanlike 31 loquacity 31 Adolph Mongo 31 throwing spitballs 31 regal pomp 31 indefatigable 31 superrich 31 amoral 31 mano mano 31 haughty demeanor 31 suspender wearing 31 steely 31 Clintonesque 31 shrewdness 31 Whole Paycheck 31 scandal mongering 31 bare fisted 31 ill mannered 31 petty sniping 31 smarts 31 sexy femme fatale 31 backrooms 31 frenetic 31 Keira Knightley Orlando Bloom 31 fractious 31 gregarious 31 Kieran Mahoney 31 stodgiest 31 doyennes 31 yakkers 31 withering glances 31 stuffier 31 feigning indignation 31 sheer nastiness 31 snobbish 31 yawning gulf between 31 carefully cultivated 31 upstater 31 multimillionaire 31 spin meisters 31 gutless wonders 31 answer sesssion 31 postpartisan 31 invective hurled 31 cigar chomping 30 skilled orator 30 boyish charms 30 downright ornery 30 booze addled 30 picador 30 overweening ambition 30 blowhard 30 micromanager 30 bipartisan problem solver 30 buddy buddy 30 scandal scarred 30 muckrake 30 gadabout 30 Tory grandees 30 vicious 30 consultant Sig Rogich 30 Donald Trumps 30 personable approachable 30 Gucci Gulch 30 snakepit 30 snarly 30 Blanchett Linney 30 ass kisser 30 Pettiness 30 cranky 30 petulant 30 autodidactic 30 chummier 30 Shrewd 30 coldhearted 30 ax grinders 30 unpresidential 30 tweed clad 30 notoriously thin skinned 30 adroit 30 wealthy 30 brash Texan 30 Jake Locker improvised 30 trusted confidant 30 redoubtable 30 snootiest 30 Bertarelli biotech 30 coattail 30 carpers 30 intraparty 30 congenial 30 tubthumping 30 bazillionaire 30 populist 30 behemoths 30 pinstriped suits 30 presumptive heir 30 spineless wimps 30 tenacious 30 bottomless pockets 30 JPMorgan Jamie Dimon 30 glistening skyscrapers 30 bare knuckled tactics 30 polemicist 30 roughest toughest 30 Milton Shapp 30 manuevering 30 voluble 30 petty jealousies 30 amiable 30 Kremlin clans 30 Combative 30 badinage 30 ideological opposites 30 selfish jerk 30 Neoliberals 30 Policy Wonk 30 Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist 30 predictably livid 30 machers 30 scrupulously honest 30 notoriously unwieldy 30 bookish 30 pragmatic centrist 30 prodigious fundraiser 30 rabble rousing 30 bullies 30 yenta 30 chatty 30 venomous 30 competent technocrat 30 cossetted 30 sweaty palmed 30 scrabbles 30 fearsome dunkers 30 pugnacity 30 notoriously prickly 30 unbloodied 30 Clem Attlee 30 litigious 30 velvet gloved 30 Kennedyesque 30 jab 30 Mr. Dithers 30 collegiality 30 boxer punchers 30 Abe Beame 30 phenomenally gifted 30 Rham Emanuel 30 Mike Vaska 30 vulpine 30 palace intrigue 30 Richard Ziman 30 paths diverge 30 disturbing dystopian Dogtooth 30 petty squabbles 30 establishmentarian 30 Dan Shomon 30 high dudgeon 30 Lucy Spiller 30 brainiest 30 Al Checchi 30 notoriously cantankerous 30 scrappy underdog 30 morally righteous 30 Ferociously 30 Samir Assaf 30 dynastic ambitions 30 Kalinda Archie Panjabi 30 cronyism nepotism 30 Moneyed 30 feral beast 30 coldly calculating 30 Sharpay Ashley Tisdale 30 nastiest 30 Cajoling 30 strategist Byron Wien 30 superwealthy 30 aloof 30 insiderism 30 meritocracy 30 ideologically compatible 30 hedgefund 30 flunkeys 30 bootstraps biography 30 spiteful 30 intellectually nimble 30 boorish 30 commentator Yossi Verter 30 grumblers 30 downright genteel 30 lordly 30 wispy haired 30 checkbook diplomacy 30 staunchly conservative 30 confrontational 30 shrillest 30 Rahul Gandhi heir 30 underqualified 30 formidably 30 ALEX BRUMMER COMMENT 30 probusiness 30 Rudy Guilliani 30 snide sarcastic 30 thetop 30 Bully Tactic 30 Detective Andy Sipowicz 30 proving remarkably resilient 30 shlumpy 30 privately groused 30 counterpunchers 30 dyspeptic 30 persuaders 30 butt kissers 30 cajoler 30 massively outspent 30 free marketeering 30 hotheadedness 30 speechwriter Peggy Noonan 30 Smile Nadya 30 dirty tricksters 30 steely perfectionist 30 acerbic 30 street smarts 30 Myers Mermel 30 Foresthoefel 30 W ASHINGTON 30 grand inquisitor 30 yentas 30 laceratingly 30 Joseph Sitt 30 Rudolph Guiliani 30 genial 30 nyah nyah 30 hyperbolic rhetoric 30 irascible science fiction 30 witty riposte 30 whiniest 30 easygoing charm 30 haymakers 30 Alinsky tactics 30 laserlike focus 30 antitrade 30 leftist slant 30 blokeish 30 moneyman 30 intraparty warfare 30 fiercely