Possible Clues:

• Partisan (anag)
• Candidate; one with a desire to succeed
• Candidate, one with a strong desire
• Would-be revolutionary partisan
• 'Wannabe' when playing in part?
• One who wants to succeed
• Like religious rhetoric, but longer?
• One works hard to get to a higher position
• Viper is one to go on and on about person with ambition
• Candidate is poisonous creature, I storm angrily