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In truth, party bosses are no longer the players they once were.

Indeed, he was elected by running against the party bosses.

More than once, we found villagers who could not name the local party boss.

This all but took the party bosses out of the presidential election process in the state.

Then there are those party bosses who led the attack on our democracy.

This story may have been a factor in his selection as party boss.

There is even something to be said for the system in which the big party bosses of old held sway.

With him as party boss, the current impasse will continue.

These are old party bosses who believe in strong central government, not least because it confirms their own power.

Nobody, least of all a Party boss, could be expected to watch, still more record, domestic television output!