All told, the campaign calls for large-scale political operations in about 35 Congressional district and 20 states.

Hezbollah is a role model to Hamas in terms of its military, political, and media operations.

"Clearly the governor should shut down this political operation," he said.

We're moving along on this operation, the political operation, as if both are going to take place.

This is a more sophisticated political operation than they've been given credit for.

"The one common thread was that they were always trying to move in and take over someone else's political operation."

The trips around the country are a classic political operation.

"You have a political operation that is sort of out on its own."

He's at the center of the political and governmental operation.

President Bush's campaign has always had the sense of a political operation waiting for something to happen.