But as party-building, it's becoming a bit of a problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eli Attie: Whither Democratic Unity?] Reference

This was a politics of party-building and coalition-assembly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Frum on Rove:] Reference

Think of it this way - it's party-building at the local level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking: Obama Campaign Raises $55 Million In February] Reference

The post-Emergency period saw one phase of party-building among.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

So, he is not just on an economic tour, but on a party-building tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008] Reference

But the DNC is primarily involved in party-building (at least it is now.).    From Wordnik.com.  [RNC Beating DNC At The Money Game] Reference

I've said it before, i'll say it again, caucus = party-building excercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sane Discussion Of Hillary And The Popular Vote] Reference

Soft money can only be used for administrative and party-building activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Attorney General Rob McKenna Is Not Cool] Reference

She said she will focus her party-building efforts in that part of the state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two drop out of race for Md. GOP chairman] Reference

While neither has previously held office, their party-building work is notable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrat Mike Gravel Supports Third Party Candidate Jesse Johnson] Reference

Actually, in Texas, primaries are for voting; caucuses are for voting AND party-building!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama And Hillary Camps Battling In Today's Texas District Conventions] Reference

It was not a party-building time for the Dems - they were barely holding on for dear life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Faults Bill Clinton For Dem Losses In 1990s] Reference

And the concern with the damage to "party-building" by selecting govs and Reps from red states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Cabinet Taking Shape: Geithner For Treasury, Richardson At Commerce] Reference

Q But isn't party-building activities the loophole that has permitted soft money to proliferate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Am Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers] Reference

That could undermine the kind of party-building activities crucial for a free and fair election.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dhaka Backslide] Reference

Obama's donations to the campaigns of others in the party shows his commitment to party-building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: All Evidence Says I'm The Stronger Candidate] Reference

By party-building I mean not only infrastructure in the states, but any sort of coherent message.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expert: Dems Likely To Fall Just Short Of Taking Senate] Reference

"" Soft '' money is given to parties for issue advertising and other "" party-building '' activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deregulating Politics] Reference

We need to have a party-building message that transcends what happens in '06,' 08, '10,' 12 and beyond.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2004] Reference

With each side of the aisle jumping up and down at various moments, it's also a party-building exercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Big Test] Reference

But the intra-left acrimony served to obscure the deeper problems with the Green party-building strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [How the Independent Movement Went Left by Going Right] Reference

Dean changed that to some extent, but this is an intense though short-lived grassroots party-building exercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking: Obama Campaign Raises $55 Million In February] Reference

Democratic officials succeeded in translating that excitement to a massive Caucus Day exercise in party-building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chuck Lippstreu: In Nebraska, It's Not Just The Size Of Our Caucus...] Reference

Individuals and organizations can no longer make unlimited donations to political parties for "party-building activities.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Incumbent-Protection Acts] Reference

Of course, there's fundraising involved (note the challenge component), so it's a party-building exercise in more ways than one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dueling Emails: GOP Has Hillary's Library Card; DNC Thinks It Has the GOP's Number] Reference

If she hates the concept of party-building, she should quit her position and allow someone who isn't an egomaniac to take her place.    From Wordnik.com.  [What a bunch of shit!!!!!!!!!] Reference

By law, it is supposed to go for "" party-building activities '' and "" issue advocacy '' be spent by party officials, not campaigns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Scandal Is What's Legal] Reference

Because they funnel the money into party-building activities, especially to finance colleagues in the handful of hotly contested races.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Puzzle of Jack Abramoff and Quid Pro Quo] Reference

The present evasion of concern is "" soft money '': contributions to parties for "" party-building '' activities like voter registration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Pols Into Crooks] Reference

It's party-building at our expense each and every time ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Multi Medium] Reference

This, in turn, requires a genuine opposition party-building effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissident Voice] Reference

Others contend that her fundraising and party-building skills could position her to lead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dems plan for a future without Pelosi - Richard E. Cohen - POLITICO.com] Reference

I saw literally tens of thousands of activists chewed up and spit out by 1960s sectarian party-building methods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kasama] Reference

Will he become complacent with respect to organizational party-building now that the Democrats are in the majority?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PolySigh] Reference

Even without engaging in explicitly partisan rhetoric, Reagan's principled speech served an important party-building function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]

The convention gives Republicans from across the state a chance to mingle with candidates and discuss party-building strategies.    From Wordnik.com.  [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference

By politicizing the Pirate Bay's trial, the Pirate Party secured a guaranteed outlet for evangelism and party-building rhetoric.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betanews] Reference