With opinion-poll ratings like these, Mr Brown's Labour would seem a shoo-in at an early election.
Allen appeared to be a shoo-in as the next top commander of allied forces in Europe.
It is certainly true that a humbled Arnold is no longer a shoo-in for re-election next year.
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Mr. Yudhoyono isn't a shoo-in for re-election, especially if Indonesia's commodity-dependent economy continues to weaken as expected.
If Mr Hague does not survive next week's defeat, Mr Portillo is by no means a shoo-in.
With no other major political party or political leader in Russia to challenge him, Putin was a shoo-in.
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Ms Bock's rival for the district's seat, Elihu Harris, Oakland's former mayor, was assumed to be a shoo-in.
But those who bet she is a shoo-in are overlooking how the political debate is likely to change.
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If voters made up their minds according to each party's stated policies, Mr Obama would probably be a shoo-in.
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But Mr Lungren, an outspoken conservative who opposes both abortion and gun control, is by no means a shoo-in.
If even Amazon isn't a shoo-in for success, Internet startups that try to follow Bezos's model may be in trouble.
Instead of extending his term, as before, by a shoo-in referendum, President Mubarak let challengers run against him in 2005.
In Ya'an, even party officials who would normally be a shoo-in for congress seats have been required to seek proper election.
The result is a shoo-in for "Best of 2007" lists, as well as a springboard for even bigger success down the road.
Jean-Claude Trichet, currently the governor of the Bank of France, was meant to be a shoo-in following a back-door deal in 1998.
It earned an 81 on Rotten Tomatoes and seemed like a shoo-in for a nod in the Best Animated Feature category.
Still less does it make him a shoo-in for the 2004 election.
Lutz says other homerooms haven't been assigned yet, but GM's new Daewoo joint venture seems a shoo-in as the focal point for small-car development.
That all but makes popular Putin a shoo-in to be elected President in March of 2012 and Medvedev to be chosen as his prime minister.
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As it is, all he can claim is that, in the end, Beijing's first choice proved such a ghastly mistake that he was a shoo-in.
Opinion polls at first made him a shoo-in for the presidency.
Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira to lead them to a World Series title in 2009, the Yanks are not a shoo-in to capture the 2010 championship.
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You could tell DeAndre Brackensick was a shoo-in for the wild card before he'd even begun "Georgia On My Mind" -- pretty much because of his hair.
Before Iowa, though, Gephardt appeared a viable contender for the Democratic presidential nomination -- not to mention he was considered a shoo-in to win his home state's primary.
And bear in mind that even if you do win a recruiter's attention using a creative gimmick, that doesn't mean you're a shoo-in for a job, Mr. Joiner says.
U.S. auto sales for 2012 to be announced later this week are a shoo-in to be the best since 2007, and more than 1.5 million units higher than 2011.
Many Democrats are convinced that he is a shoo-in for the vice-presidency: a working-class southern boy made good who balances Mr Kerry's patrician gravitas with a generous measure of charm.
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