Anybody that bets on my going over the side is a sure loser.

The one candidate you won't contribute to is a sure loser.

Dismissed as a sure loser, he won once again.

I mean who would want to waste his vote on a sure loser like the other guy?

South believed he had four sure losers and concerned himself with making nine tricks, not 10.

The contract is normal but terrible, since there appears to be a sure loser in each red suit.

Foreign policy looked to be a sure loser for the President, something best left unspoken.

It is well established in politics that being seen as a sure loser can have its advantages.

The sure losers are taxpayers who have to make up the revenue lost to the tax shelter.

In political terms, one is called welfare (a sure loser) and the other tax relief (an almost certain winner).