The move has become such a visceral issue that Mr. Palmer, Latrobe's favorite son, will not discuss it.

And we don't get invited past the door because of these visceral issues - gun control, flag, patriotism.

We may have touched on it in an intellectual way, but after that meeting it was a very visceral issue.

And Mrs. Breedekamp got closer to the more visceral local issue when she added, "We're afraid of black violence."

It is the most visceral, emotional and politically contentious issue the court has decided in the past three decades.

Crime is always a visceral issue in New York City politics.

His opponent is State Senator Walter Dudycz, a former police officer who campaigns hard on visceral issues like the flag and taxes.

It's a visceral, emotional issue, but we felt we had the responsibility to provide as smoke-free an area as possible.

"This is a visceral issue of right and wrong," said Christine Iverson of the Thune campaign.

But whatever the arguments or contradictions, Mr. Bush's reversal is a visceral issue for many voters.