have the wherewithal

“The candidate should have the wherewithal to say, ‘Cut it out, guys.

Whenever a state bill involves Cal/OSHA, “that is in the back of everybody’s mind. ... Are they going to have the wherewithal to really do what we want this bill to do?”

WSU and OSU probably won’t have the wherewithal to hit the ceiling, which doesn’t mean they cannot be competitive in football and men’s basketball.

“We don’t have the wherewithal to be able to fight all of this bullying coming from China so where else will we go?”

And workers who are earning slightly bigger paychecks may have the wherewithal to pay more without pulling back.