| Bust, militarily | 16 |
| Bust to private, e.g. | 21 |
| Bump down but keep on | 21 |
| Taken down a notch | 18 |
| Knocked down a peg | 18 |
| Taken down a notch? | 19 |
| Kicked downstairs | 17 |
| Downgraded | 10 |
| Took a stripe from, say | 23 |
| Took a stripe from | 18 |
| Lowered in grade | 16 |
| Broke in rank | 13 |
| Bumps | 5 |
| Lowers, in a way | 16 |
| Reduces in rank | 15 |
| Kicks downstairs, so to speak | 29 |
| Strips of stripes | 17 |
| Relegates | 9 |
| Puts in a lower position | 24 |
| Puts in a bad position? | 23 |
| Makes a sergeant into a corporal | 32 |
| Downgrades | 10 |
| Bumps down a notch | 18 |
| GOP rivals | 10 |
| Reps.' rivals | 17 |
| GOP opponents | 13 |
| DC contingent | 13 |
| Reps.' foes | 15 |
| Some pols | 9 |
| G.O.P. opponents | 16 |
| Reps' foes | 14 |
| Reps. foes | 10 |
| Party, for short | 16 |
| Party people: Abbr. | 19 |
| LBJ and others | 14 |
| Howard Dean's grp. | 22 |
| House party, for short | 22 |
| G.O.P. rivals | 13 |
| Certain voters: Abbr. | 21 |
| Certain pols | 12 |
| Bush whackers? | 14 |
| Whom Reps. run against | 22 |
| W. opponents | 12 |
| They supported A.E.S. | 21 |
| They outnumber Reps. | 20 |
| Some senators: Abbr. | 20 |
| Some govs. | 10 |
| Some F.O.B.'s | 17 |
| Some DC reps | 12 |
| Rivals of Reps. | 15 |
| Reps' rivals | 16 |
| Reps' opponents | 19 |
| Reps.' opponents | 20 |
| Reps.' counterparts | 23 |
| Reps. opponents | 15 |
| Rep. Pelosi's allies | 24 |
| Rep. Nancy Pelosi's allies | 30 |
| Pols that won big in 2008 | 25 |
| Politicos with a donkey symbol | 30 |
| Political "yellow dogs," for short | 44 |
| Party men, for short | 20 |
| Party members: Abbr. | 20 |
| Party members, for short | 24 |
| Opponents of the GOP | 20 |
| Opponents of Reps. | 18 |
| One side of the Senate, informally | 34 |
| Obama followers, briefly | 24 |
| Most Blue State voters, for short | 33 |
| Majority of U.S. governors, as of 2009: Abbr. | 45 |
| Kerry and Kennedy: Abbr. | 24 |
| JFK and others | 14 |
| JFK and FDR | 11 |
| J.F.K. and L.B.J. | 17 |
| House party, briefly | 20 |
| House party members, briefly | 28 |
| H.S.T. and J.F.K. | 17 |
| Gov. Cuomo et al. | 17 |
| Gore's grp. | 15 |
| GOP's opps. | 15 |
| GOP's opposition | 20 |
| GOP opposers | 12 |
| G.O.P.'s rivals | 19 |
| G.O.P.'s opposition | 23 |
| G.O.P. opposers | 15 |
| G.O.P. foes | 11 |
| FDR and HST | 11 |
| F.D.R. and L.B.J., e.g. | 23 |
| Donkey people: Abbr. | 20 |
| Donkey devotees, informally | 27 |
| Clintonites | 11 |
| Clinton followers, for short | 28 |
| Clinton and Gore e.g.: abbr. | 29 |
| Certain DCers | 13 |
| Blue man group, for short? | 26 |
| Almost half of the Sen. | 23 |
| A.E.S. and H.S.T. | 17 |
| 2012 Charlotte conventioneers: Abbr. | 36 |
| 2008 Denver conventioneers, informally | 38 |
| 2004 Boston conventioneers, informally | 38 |
| Take exception | 14 |