Mr. de Soto's crusade to cut red tape has become so popular here that he now finds himself in the middle of a bitter political tug-of-war.

Issue 2 is the political tug-of-war over Cuban boy Elián González.

An education complex intended to be a place where new teaching ideas can be tried is caught in a political tug-of-war.

Immediately, reporters began gathering word about candidates for the Speaker's job, and the televised conversation moved to the next stage of the political tug-of-war.

This collaboration is expected to continue irrespective of the outcome of the political tug-of-war in Russia.

We don't have any political tug-of-war down here.

After years of political tug-of-war, the legislative proposal has degenerated into a watered-down compromise.

The upshot is a political tug-of-war with three rival technologies.

But since their defeat in national elections in February, those emblems have become the focus of a determined, conspicuous political tug-of-war.

That a major highway doesn't follow much of the route west to the Nevada border may be due to a little-remembered political tug-of-war.