Two minds?

War chest?

Spitball some ideas?

Both sides of the aisle?

Soul searching

Pants are on fire

Rule of thumb?

Object lesson?

Zero-hour contract

On a wing and a prayer

Moments that take our breath away

Local democracy bites the dust

Peer review

Gold dust

Team player?

Gaming the system

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Flip the script?

We just got our head handed to us

Right side of history?

Close to the bone

Career break?

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Toast of the town?

Read the tea leaf?

In the cross hairs?

In the nosebleeds

High wire act

Old saw?

Dog whistle politics