It merely means that where the elections are far more "ideological," or where the lines are more sharply drawn between candidates, such as in epic battles between right and wrong, decency and rottenness, good and evil, that
clout isn't there.
Give unto Caesar
Marketing
Clout is a new breed of marketing service provider for a new age of content-driven consumption.
Marketing Clout Appoints New Breed of Executive
Whitaker has also used his
clout to produce and direct an eclectic array of motion picture and television vehicles.
Top 50 Power Brokers in Hollywood: these luminaries wield unprecedented clout in film and television
Asked again if he would back Mr Brown, he said: "I haven't had the discussions with him about this but let's be honest about this, I haven't seen the field for deputy and I haven't got the
clout at the moment to make a difference.
Politics: Brown 'would do good job as PM'
O'Neill's successor, John Snow, was an effective salesman of Bush's policies, but he lacked
clout in Congress or on Wall Street.
Bolten's White House: and why Hank Paulson, the former Goldman Sachs chief, is the new Treasury Secretary
The result is a disaster, with Spitzer coming across as overbearing and drunk on his growing
clout.
Hero or hack? Eliot Spitzer pushes the limits of prosecutorial progressivism
to the
clout that out director Singer has earned from his X-Men films and this summers Superman Returns.
Fun with Harv and George? The success of Brokeback has Hollywood dusting off long-stalled gay projects, from the Harvey Milk story to the romantic comedy The Dreyfus Affair
Could this signal a new age in which the film industry finally uses its
clout to get the word out to mainstream America?
Woody's journey
Oh, to wield such market
clout. Top executives yearning to exert serious price pressure on health-plan medical providers surely must envy the California Public Employees Retirement System.
In search of solutions: solving the health care crisis will mean a joint effort by CEOs, patients and providers
Wal-Mart's refusal to carry certain media products has given the discounter additional
clout with music and film producers and publishers.
Wal-Mart nation? Its size, power, and low prices have helped make it an American success story. So why are some people today so fearful of War-Mart?
While the Business Roundtable and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) have also wielded considerable influence with the agencies, he suggests their
clout has been waning, while FEI's has risen.
Technical committee profile: Committee on Corporate Reporting
Clout is another word for a lump of earth but has other meanings too that take us down a different path.
Of clouds and clootie dumplings
'My tip at the start of the season was Wigan, simply because they had the financial
clout to get quality in.
JUST LEE-VE HIM OUT!
And the proposal of Panama as a more promising site than Miami for FTAA headquarters is a clear indication of how wary Latin nations are of American
clout with the proposed secretariat.
Establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas
FRIENDS star Jennifer Aniston appears to have lost her
clout with studio chiefs as the series comes to an end.
Jen's out of friends as pop gets the boot