Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital focused on community service and economic development, rather than on political deal-making.

They take coalition-building, nuance and old-fashioned political deal-making.

Last winter Turkey was coming out of inconclusive national elections, and entering a period of backroom political deal-making.

Few people possess his energy, mordant humor, legislative skills, command of complex issues and gifts for political deal-making.

We should dispel the illusion that economic reform will be achieved by the shortcut of political deal-making.

If successful, the lawsuit could end the state's tradition of meting out almost $13 billion a year to schools based largely on political deal-making.

If successful, the suit could sweep away the state's tradition of allocating almost $12 billion a year in aid to schools based largely on political deal-making.

That kind of political deal-making had been accepted practice in many parts of New Jersey government.

The people of Louisiana regurgitate on such political deal-making.

It looks like victory will depend more on political deal-making than on debate over ways to ease the plight of tens of millions of poor.