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(Click for frequent words.) 46 thorny issue 44 thorny 44 touchy 43 ticklish 43 touchy topic 42 quandary 41 conundrum 41 issue 41 imbroglio 41 fiasco 41 contentious 40 cause célèbre 40 touchy subject 40 controversy 39 touchiest 39 squabble 39 hotly debated topic 39 Delicately handling 38 hotly debated 38 whipping boy 38 controversies 38 plaything 38 dilemma 38 scientist Keith Brownsey 38 hornet nest 38 minefield 38 brouhaha 37 thornier 37 dicey 37 brainer 37 wrangle 37 trump card 37 limbo 37 firestorm 37 sticky wicket 37 poisoned chalice 37 controversial 36 backburner 36 proverbial 36 lame duck 36 powder keg 36 flashpoint 36 lightning rod 36 topic 36 politically unpalatable 36 hot 36 cause celebre 36 saga 36 stumbling block 36 pickle 35 bombshell 35 red herring 35 mess 35 litmus test 35 problematic 35 lightening rod 35 moot 35 matters 35 furor 35 double edged sword 35 fait accompli 35 punching bag 35 nettlesome 35 burner 34 wranglings 34 matter 34 debate rages 34 wrangling 34 thorn 34 heated debate 34 quagmire 34 gravy train 34 politically fraught 34 ramifications 34 bureaucratic nightmare 34 tempest 34 politically touchy 34 nonstarter 34 bunfight 34 debated ad nauseam 34 albatross 34 quandry 34 knottier 34 maelstrom 34 bargaining chip 34 tar pit 33 afterthought 33 wildly unpopular 33 tiff 33 kabuki dance 33 headed stepchild 33 spat 33 furore 33 lamer duck 33 nonissues 33 bureaucratic tangle 33 boondoggle 33 nonissue 33 kerfuffle 33 sticky 33 kafuffle 33 convenient scapegoat 33 ping pong 33 donnybrook 33 hardball 33 heated debates 33 tug o 33 Siguerola even 33 intelligent lifebuoy 33 bungles 33 debacle 32 buzzword 32 boiling pot 32 debate 32 topic du jour 32 holus bolus 32 glacial slowness 32 dilema 32 double dipper 32 bête noire 32 unpopular 32 buttered 32 pawns 32 ultimate arbiters 32 sacred cow 32 tussle 32 foregone conclusion 32 tussles 32 conundrums 32 touchier 32 hullabaloo 32 complicated 32 untenable 32 juggling act 32 unpalatable 32 politically untenable 32 backroom wheeling 32 patronage plums 32 back burnered 32 sacrifical lamb 32 manoeuvrings 32 fiascos 32 Litmus test 32 raw nerve 32 heatedly debated 32 rancorous debate 32 Thin skinned 32 damp squib 32 piecemeal fashion 32 Jammeh coronation 32 obstacle 32 bottomless pit 31 hissy fit 31 redheaded stepchild 31 analyst Federico Estevez 31 Use tongs 31 kerfluffle 31 tricky 31 roadblock 31 powder kegs 31 ugly stepchild 31 irritant 31 dipping crosscourt forehand 31 squabbles 31 strident critic 31 bogged down 31 timebombs 31 fiercely partisan 31 feeding frenzy 31 writes Peter Hartcher 31 unholy mess 31 quicksand 31 bogeyman 31 tinder box 31 vexing 31 hotly contested 31 problem 31 Controversy 31 poison chalice 31 controversy surrounding 31 controversies surrounding 31 Coffee mod 31 issues 31 controversey 31 bugaboo 31 scandal 31 boiling 31 double whammy 31 unseemly spat 31 timebomb 31 nightmare scenario 31 moral dilemma 31 sideshow 31 trickier 31 booby prize 31 Rubber stamping 31 pressing 31 cudgel 31 headache 30 cookie crumbles 30 bonanza 30 dud 30 radar screen 30 festering sore 30 foulup 30 battleground 30 heated 30 lapdog 30 implications 30 embroiled 30 debated 30 carrot 30 thorniest issues 30 analyst Pran Chopra 30 financial contagion crimping 30 unwanted stepchild 30 millstone 30 masterstroke 30 busted flush 30 politically expedient 30 Norm Puttick 30 messy 30 Partisan rancor 30 prickly 30 contoversy 30 Bums Out 30 shenanigans 30 pit bulls Nachminovitch 30 unguided missile 30 NAFTAgate 30 uproar 30 Achilles heel 30 revolving door 30 headline grabber 30 gimmick 30 bugbear 30 overplayed 30 simmering dispute 30 bungle 30 bete noir 30 cruel joke 30 tummy tickled 30 divisive 30 logjam 30 bureaucratic quagmire 30 dithered 30 cleft stick 30 stickiest 30 thorniest 30 turd 30 legalities 30 touchiest issues 30 scandals dogging 30 stronger Imy 30 hopping mad 30 distracting sideshow 30 figuratively speaking 30 touchy subjects 30 problematical 30 slam dunk 30 cakewalk 30 nightmare 30 scientist Duane Bratt 30 debacles 30 puzzle 30 Ben Hur proportions 30 kryptonite 30 flip flop 30 prorogues 29 ideologically polarized 29 simmering 29 intractable 29 hurdle 29 head scratcher 29 enthusiasm wanes 29 wrangles 29 rigamarole 29 quagmires 29 ruinously expensive 29 gobbledy gook 29 morass 29 Bill Allayaud 29 chore 29 whack mole 29 steaming mad 29 scientist Efraim Inbar 29 circles 29 stoush 29 backpeddle 29 unseemly haste 29 devil incarnate 29 cow patty 29 de jour 29 sanguinely 29 interminable delays 29 nature abhors vacuum 29 stalemate 29 nothingburger 29 balloon 29 poetic justice 29 sleight 29 semantics 29 contretemps 29 big whigs 29 overly politicized 29 impediment 29 pariah 29 high dudgeon 29 banana peel 29 taffy pull 29 Bernier Couillard affair 29 partisan squabbles 29 bastard stepchild 29 flak 29 Narend Singh 29 overtones 29 stickier 29 deep doo doo 29 furores 29 Showdown looms 29 Wurzelbacher pronounced zell 29 vexed 29 oddity 29 politicized 29 non justiciable 29 weightier matters 29 fiscally lax 29 fuddle 29 almighty stink 29 Lisa Vorderbrueggen covers 29 tradeable commodity 29 blatantly partisan 29 waving magic wand 29 fertile Amazonian jungle 29 ideological claptrap 29 ramification 29 flippantly 29 nanny statism 29 gutless wonders 29 Heaven forfend 29 roller coaster ride 29 trickiest 29 pressingly 29 fad 29 flap 29 Splitting hairs 29 gauntlet 29 pinata 29 kingmaker bartering 29 rudderless ship 29 pissing contest 29 stridently opposed 29 forgone conclusion 29 spectacularly backfired 29 jockeying 29 Damocles sword 29 Amerithrax mystery 29 backpedaling furiously 29 tread warily 29 Pooh Bahs 29 frontburner 29 dither 29 crosshairs 29 pussyfooted 29 lip pursing 29 crisis 29 Ivory Coast Kader Keita 28 joke 28 percolating 28 upmanship 28 bandwagon 28 Frisbee 28 director Sandeep Ladda 28 cavalier manner 28 proudest legacies 28 ethical dilemma 28 pound gorilla 28 tug 28 apple pie 28 flypaper 28 footsie 28 toothless tiger 28 sacrificial lamb 28 politically advantageous 28 thriller Syriana 28 gamesmanship 28 devisive 28 legal wrangling 28 complicating factor 28 bigwigs 28 darling 28 conservatives deride 28 bête noir 28 fallout 28 childish bickering 28 farce 28 skewered 28 critic Olivia Chow 28 is 28 snafu 28 flack 28 unmitigated disaster 28 broached 28 MPP Garfield Dunlop 28 intercarrier compensation reform 28 Damocles 28 meatgrinder 28 highly politicized 28 technicality 28 unwinnable quagmire 28 locked horns 28 stinkbomb 28 controvery 28 OoP 28 quandaries 28 domino effect 28 rotten tomato 28 overambitious 28 boogyman 28 frying pan 28 mad 28 nefariousness 28 piñata 28 kingmaker 28 fever pitch 28 proverbial snowball 28 lame excuse 28 bellyful 28 dogfight 28 stalled 28 Scarcely jab 28 powderkeg 28 argy bargy 28 politically sensitive 28 dithers 28 prickliest 28 convoluted 28 soap opera 28 juggernaut 28 critic Maurizio Bevilacqua 28 squeaky wheel 28 fiercely debated 28 Debate swirls 28 moral conundrums 28 Dorothy Zbornak Arthur 28 lolly scramble 28 spit wads 28 squeakiest wheel 28 Bok emblem 28 shenanigan 28 trickier proposition 28 hysterical overreaction 28 dogshit 28 neatly sidestepped 28 snowball effect 28 Iraqgate 28 Rancor 28 cliff hanger 28 messier 28 Trench warfare 28 pie 28 squabbling 28 Frisbees 28 curiouser 28 meaninglessly 28 topmost priorities 28 hastily cobbled together 28 spectator sport 28 hardy perennial 28 shout fests 28 phallic imagery 28 Nissim Zeev lawmaker 28 ticking timebomb 28 strange bedfellows 28 patsy 28 delicious irony 28 bumpy ride 28 spanner 28 shoes Yusufzai 28 Plamegate 28 tangle 28 crux 28 unqualified cronies 28 thankless task 28 Controversy rages 28 additive thimerosal preservative 28 resurgent Basque separatists 28 spats 28 ye ole 28 Yasir Naqvi 28 travesty 28 Partisan bickering 28 stalemate drags 28 Whack Mole 28 slapfest 28 editor Peter Hartcher 28 Confusion reigns 28 golden goose 28 audiences gravitated toward 28 treads cautiously 27 fraidy cat 27 likeliest outcome 27 CAVUTO Well 27 dice 27 directorial reins 27 unceremoniously 27 isssue 27 clamor 27 prerogative 27 Gordian knots 27 level Ludwiszewski 27 murkier 27 dilemna 27 moral quandaries 27 analyst Stu Rothenberg 27 scientist Heather MacIvor 27 dilly dallying 27 baked Martian microbes 27 kyboshed 27 GUYON Well 27 diciest 27 feud 27 irrelevant 27 camel dung 27 poor schnook 27 ejector button 27 knee jerk reaction 27 overhauling de Baathification 27 ally Patrick Balkany 27 dustbin 27 treaded lightly 27 Dr Hage Geingob 27 defining moment 27 shemozzle 27 ethical minefield 27 squirrely 27 flimsy excuse 27 clanger 27 NSSF Temangalo land 27 insurmountable obstacle 27 inextricably tangled 27 silly 27 bathwater 27 leader Pramod Tewari 27 uncertainly 27 phenomenon 27 deliciously ironic 27 bruhaha 27 sagas 27 hydra headed monster 27 spitting mad 27 politically unpopular 27 tradable commodity 27 crunch 27 unholy haste 27 gambit 27 logistical nightmare 27 thing 27 nonjusticiable 27 RICHARD SEDDON Yes 27 slanging match 27 battles 27 cookie jar 27 hornets nest 27 yo yo 27 Karen Authier executive 27 battle 27 backpeddling 27 knottiest 27 Pandora box 27 staler 27 Damocles Sword 27 pussyfoot around 27 widening gyre 27 versus reusables 27 pussyfooting around 27 scientist Jerry McBeath 27 Linda Osinchuk 27 monkey wrench 27 isues 27 rumpus 27 holy grail 27 convicted fraudster Schabir 27 overextending itself 27 manna 27 considerations 27 waffle 27 legislating morality 27 riddle 27 waffling 27 legal wrangles 27 tempting 27 fiercely contested 27 dustup 27 Kurd territorial disputes 27 monkey wrenches 27 armchair pundits 27 proverbial frog 27 scrap heap 27 hotbutton 27 testy 27 pantomime villain 27 frenzy 27 vociferous critic 27 predicament 27 partisan squabbling 27 arcana 27 commentator Minoru Morita 27 Herculean task revamping 27 inconvenient truth 27 extricates itself 27 Figuratively speaking 27 underhanded tactic 27 poobahs 27 novice Carl Paladino 27 ill advised 27 grandstanded 27 dueling visions 27 loose cannon 27 bread buttered 27 childish temper tantrum 27 sour aftertaste 27 bargepole 27 storm outer edges 27 spoiled brat 27 WHAT HE MEANT 27 dilly dallies 27 Lise Zarac 27 moldy oldie 27 sop 27 Mr Dalyell 27 flapdoodle 27 hotter 27 magic pixie dust 27 domino 27 hobbyhorse 27 magic wand 27 unedifying spectacle 27 warier 27 slippery slope 27 tin ear 27 distraction 27 Cam Bedore 27 marbles 27 unconstitutionally delegated 27 Redistributing wealth 27 equation 27 TPMDC Morning Roundup 27 shocker 27 backscratching 27 crapola 27 commentator Hanan Crystal 27 Squeaky wheels 27 hullaballoo 27 bitter pill 27 debilitatingly 27 showdown 27 stinkers 27 Leader Marjory LeBreton 27 plum 27 Robert Schwaneberg covers 27 insurmountable hurdle 27 unenviable 27 heavy handedly 27 slipshod manner 27 question 27 Mulroney Schreiber affair 27 nonsenses 27 impasse 27 Debate rages 27 pussyfooting 27 monkeywrench 27 topics 27 effeminate gesture 27 rift widens 27 looniest 27 worker Zhang Xinyi 27 meaty goodness 27 foam footballs 27 nastier 27 germane 27 mishandles 27 boogeyman 27 backfired 27 verbal jabs 27 shitstorm 27 oneupmanship 27 Denis Coderre 27 twilight zone 27 hoo hah 27 startling rapidity 27 scapegoat 27 nub 27 hotly debating 27 tongues wagging 27 dramatization Bragman 27 acutely embarrassing 27 wasteland 27 mush 27 glob 27 cake 27 timebomb ticking 27 falderal 27 breaker 27 battlelines 27 views Rathner 27 backbench revolt 27 kerfuffles 27 shrewd politician 27 Icasa Amendment 27 mellowed considerably 27 Twittergate 27 bombshells 27 memorabilia hosing 27 lovefest 27 De'Von Richardson 27 Hail Mary 27 questionmark 27 dither disunited 27 Luery reported 27 Abdulhafid Zlitni 27 Carol Browner underscores 27 nemisis 27 embers 27 matters pertaining 27 willy nilly 27 moneymaker 27 flipped 27 woes 27 raging 27 Politicking 27 Partisan politics 26 stinker 26 Kerrio 26 adscam 26 peeve 26 GASTON GAUDIO 26 rigmarole 26 spinmeister 26 spokesman Lord Oakeshott 26 intraparty bickering 26 boneheaded mistake 26 yawner 26 gaffe prone provocateur 26 Reporter CATHERINE HOCKLEY 26 nail biter 26 scandle 26 glibly 26 lollypop 26 darts billiards 26 candy floss 26 Sewel motion 26 Wordscraper feels 26 speedbump 26 Oh Noes 26 Children Overboard 26 As rancor swirls 26 provincewide referendum 26 HUGH MORGAN 26 scandals 26 staunchest defenders 26 shunted aside 26 situaiton 26 dog poo 26 Yup'ik Eskimo ancestry 26 Freudian slip 26 analyst Sipho Seepe 26 Rancorous 26 agenda 26 rainmaker 26 weightiest 26 MICHAEL BRISSENDEN 26 TONY JONES Alright 26 knee slapper 26 grandstanding 26 eThekwini Durban 26 suddenly 26 grudge match 26 rumor mill churns 26 du jour 26 Macbeth witches 26 sensitive 26 MONICA ATTARD 26 roiling boil 26 grotesquely bloated 26 consultant Adolph Mongo 26 KIM BEAZLEY OPPOSITION LEADER 26 partisan sniping 26 deftly sidestepped 26 flip flop flap 26 deadlines loom 26 dilly dally 26 contoversial 26 conflagration 26 steep learning curve 26 Grit MPs 26 intraparty squabble 26 endlessly debated 26 tiddlywinks 26 deathbed conversion 26 trenchant critic 26 squeakiest 26 paperwork snafu 26 underhanded lob 26 teacup 26 disputes 26 frustrating 26 craze 26 crossways 26 bungling incompetence 26 Vandermyde 26 crapshoot 26 slinging insults 26 NOT aligned 26 hopelessly tangled 26 knee jerk reactionary 26 biggie 26 adamantly refusing 26 Ann Notthoff California 26 trough swillers 26 immature brats 26 neglected stepchild 26 Receiver Jeremy Kerley 26 butter 26 scientist Don Desserud 26 Travelgate scandal 26 Contentious 26 laissez faire approach 26 backroom machinations 26 Scandal 26 veritable minefield 26 pissant 26 Desperately clinging 26 vocal critic 26 dodgeball 26 Martin Schram 26 wunderkind 26 ultimate backstop Doniger 26 snag 26 seeming inevitability 26 Fukudome grounder 26 cream pies 26 blowback 26 Opposition Leader Hugh McFadyen 26 dominoes 26 paper shufflers 26 Use slotted spoon 26 tawdriest 26 Piranha 3D sequel 26 scandel 26 speaker Rauhi Fattouh 26 alarming proportions 26 petulantly 26 boiled 26 regasified 26 JOLIET Ill. Casey Mears 26 hoopla 26 cauldron 26 fairy dust 26 tussling 26 nailbiter 26 risky proposition 26 technicalities 26 bafflegab 26 tizzy 26 incendiary 26 Russian roulette 26 weightiest matters 26 Ramulifho 26 overpromised 26 trigger domino effect 26 diced 26 crossfire 26 squarely 26 flexes muscle 26 criticisim 26 mayco 26 JONATHAN LOUW 26 kati patang 26 sympathic 26 minutia 26 hypotheticals 26 Ideological purity 26 fiascoes 26 popcorn 26 loggerheads 26 rubberstamps 26 editor Tom Bradby 26 wobbler 26 doozy 26 unneccessarily 26 dispute 26 controvesial 26 Ron MacKinley 26 interesting sidelight 26 movement Conard Malley 26 enigma 26 abundantly clear 26 yummy Cheetos things 26 ado 26 diversionary tactic 26 ARI SHAPIRO 26 hoo ha 26 fevered pitch 26 sacrificial goat 26 entangled 26 conveniently forgotten 26 ALBANY NY WIVB 26 knotty 26 embroiling 26 steamroll Sharapova 26 charade 26 Kafkaesque nightmare 26 flip flopped 26 rumor mill 26 snowball 26 Stronach defection 26 nonentity 26 anathema 26 brickbats 26 wastepaper bin 26 ERISA trusts 26 Frankenstein monster 26 pitfall 26 pyrrhic victory 26 swan song 26 Whack 26 nominating Harriet Miers 26 Bermuda Triangle 26 Ahmadinejad truculent 26 dilemmas 26 Partisan wrangling 26 brickbat 26 horribly mismanaged 26 Stoush 26 mere formality 26 lit cigarette butt 26 omnibus bill 26 utmost delicacy 26 likeliest candidate 26 gobsmackingly 26 Scandals 26 killjoy 26 Alykhan Velshi spokesman 26 legal entanglements 26 steaming turd 26 melting pot 26 implications Maistre 26 butted heads 26 untouchable 26 teammate Dannell Ellerbe 26 it 26 strategist Darry Sragow 26 Urges Compromise 26 Intrigue surrounds 26 greased pig 26 Trouble 26 blue skying 26 perogative 26 villain 26 tarred feathered 26 challenge 26 smokescreen 26 edifying spectacle 26 analyst Ivan Lozowy 26 accusatory fingers 26 analyst Amulya Ganguli 26 eliminates CalWORKS 26 ram rodded 26 nettled 26 dithering 26 pyromaniac 26 faceless bureaucrat 26 outmaneuvered 26 backlash 26 proceeded apace 26 crossed swords 26 flashpoints 26 boon 26 gridlocked 26 brussels sprout 26 sizzler 26 commentator Cho Ramaswamy 26 YUMMY license 26 Aldo Brancher 26 analyst Zoltan Kiszelly 26 precendent 26 posturing 26 turkey carcass 26 tantrum 26 debatable 26 Puh leeze 26 partisan skirmishing 26 Lakhdar Ibrahimi 26 Leader Tim Hudak 26 Flip flopping 26 tanty 26 playfully jabbing 26 pro blem