This is not an issue on which the President should spend much political or economic capital just yet.

The chief justice was spending capital and speaking in his own voice.

And the lesson of the last six years is that the Democrats shouldn't spend political capital trying to bring the deficit down.

"Why should I have to spend capital that we could use to develop other new industries to buy into your operation?"

But it's hard for unknowns thus to spend political capital; they don't have any yet.

I can't think of anything more worthwhile on which to spend time, effort, and capital.

A rival would have to spend significant capital to duplicate that analysis.

Yet on many matters of consequence he has been reluctant to spend his political capital.

"No one wants to see him spend political capital on people who have run preposterously bad campaigns."

To make policy changes, the player must spend political capital, which is generated by loyal ministers.