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It really is incumbent upon them to encourage him to resign and of course, the next question would then be impeachment. And we personally believe impeachment is a valid option.

For any incumbent going into a runoff where you've been in office for a number of years is not a good thing necessarily. It's basically going to be a ground game ? getting out the voters.

For an incumbent at this point in the campaign, that can't be good news.

It's always incumbent on the shooter to make sure that he's shooting into a safe area.

It's not good news for an incumbent to be in a runoff.

Take advantage of this wonderful new platform that you're selling and tie it back to the incumbent platform.

It's incumbent upon the Taliban to treat these people safely and fairly and to let us see after their welfare,

It's incumbent upon the shooter to assess the situation and make sure it's a safe shot.

It's incumbent over the next 10 days to get Senator Feinstein on board.

It's incumbent on us to be very cautious.

It's incumbent on those of us who work with the media...to at least cut through some of the nonsense.

It's incumbent on the magazine industry to work with agencies to find out what the ROI is from magazine planning schedules.

It's incumbent on the leaders to really do whatever they can to reign in their forces and ensure that innocent civilians are not the ones to pay the price,

It's incumbent on American to respond to this. It's possible that American will try to up the bidding for US Airways.

It's amazing that we could come this close to beating an incumbent mayor.

It will be talked about in the campaign -- an opponent would be foolish not to bring it up -- but I don't think it's enough to put a strong incumbent in the 'vulnerable' category.

They basically want to be almost a third term for Jeb Bush. He's one of the most popular incumbent governors in the country. They don't want to rock the boat right now.

This is a very fluid time in the province, and I think it's incumbent on the government to find a solution and move forward, and it's not over yet.

Not one incumbent lost in 2004. There was only one congressional race that was within 10 points.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

It's really the perfect storm for fund-raising: We have a great nominee and Democrats' visceral dislike of the incumbent president's policies.

Anytime you are campaigning from that kind of position, the challenge of defeating an incumbent becomes that much more difficult.

Snyder waged a tough campaign. But the edge usually goes to the incumbent in elections.

The last thing he would want (voters) to believe is he is the incumbent mayor. ... His whole theme is change.

The investigation has produced hard evidence of the connection to sound--like seeing a bullet wound, but needing to identify the shooter. In light of today's findings, it's incumbent on navies and on industry to divulge what activities they were conducting in the area.

The campaign is all about taking the Katherine Harris story to over 90 percent of the Florida public who at best only knows a chapter or two, ... she is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party against a vulnerable Democratic incumbent in a state that is voting more decidedly Republican. You've got to love those odds.

In fact, we believe that the lengthening sell cycles may give incumbent carriers a chance to really experience next-generation equipment in the labs and, as a result, move away from Cisco products,

Incumbent on the city's approval of the campus plan, we believe it's possible to bring everything together in one place.

Incumbent administrations shamelessly attempt to massage the economy so voters will keep them in power,

In big accounts they're definitely a threat to the incumbent vendors. They've invested a lot in their sales function and have been able to land big deals.

Important meetings take place between the Clerk and whichever government wins to go over the priorities of government, how the government is set up, where the bathroom is, things like that. It obviously changes whether there's an incumbent government or a new government, but those kinds of things continue to happen regardless.

If money to the budget of the PA is cut off, it's incumbent on all of us to make a maximum effort to beef up direct humanitarian aid to alleviate hardship.

If Mitt Romney defeats President Obama in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, it will mark the success of one of the most deeply cynical political campaigns in American history. It is hard to beat an incumbent no matter the economic climate.

If you care about that pattern of disparity, then it seems to me one of the things that is incumbent on you is to try to find out how we got here,

If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life -- if you cannot look back to those whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection, still it is no less incumbent on you to move steadily in the path of duty; for your active excretions are due not only to society; but in humble gratitude to the Being who made you a member of it, with powers to save yourself and others.

If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.

In the Winter Games for the most part, while (the athletes) are excelling in their sports year after year it's incumbent on us to introduce them.

I'll only be disappointed if an incumbent doesn't have a primary challenger or a general election challenger.

I ran for my first office at 25 against an incumbent city councilman. I took 55% of the vote and became the youngest councilman in the area at the time.

In 20 minutes, the airline would be dead, ... This is an airline that's hanging by a string. It's incumbent on both sides to keep the airline flying. Even going forward, it's got challenges.

Clay Shaw's going to need every dollar he can get. I wouldn't say he's the most vulnerable incumbent in Congress but I do think he is the most vulnerable incumbent in Florida right now.

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.

He's extremely vulnerable. Any time any incumbent is polling below 50 percent, that's a sign of trouble.

If for whatever reason the council couldn't fulfill its responsibilities, then I think it would be incumbent on us, and I'm sure we would press ahead to ask other countries or other groups of countries to impose those sanctions.

I don't think the incumbent MPs are ready to revise the problem dramatically.

He believes it is incumbent upon elected officials to do all they can to bring in new revenues without hiking taxes. The controller believes that we can bring more money into government by rooting out waste, implementing procurement reform, cracking down on tax cheats, and hiring more auditors.

For the first time in human history, we have a chance to prepare ourselves for a pandemic before it arrives, ... It is incumbent upon the global community to act now.

These are districts where the incumbent doesn't support an exit strategy to bring the troops home and the challenger does.

The flaw is part of the plight of any large, incumbent vendor. Due to the company's sheer size, these vulnerabilities crop up more often than with vendors that have much smaller installed bases.

The idea of coup plotters sharing their plan to oust an incumbent president with a reporter is ludicrous. Nevertheless, such unfounded reports give the Philippines a negative image before the international community,

The incumbent airlines undoubtedly will lower many of their fares to the same level Oasis does, and the customers will most likely make the rational choice to fly with the known commodities, with their established safety histories and frequent flier programs.

You've got to have money to run. And by definition, getting money from traditional party sources against an incumbent governor is going to be extraordinarily difficult. Perry's locked that stuff up.

The chief defense PeopleSoft was hiding behind was the antitrust argument and that's been basically thrown out. I would hope at some point PeopleSoft's board would sense that it's incumbent on them to act on the behalf of shareholders.