She is widely respected among top New York prosecutors and would mesh seamlessly with federal counterparts who are investigating the Nassau political establishment. (madelinesingas.com)
He tried to distance the provincial party from its unpopular federal counterparts and while he did not face as much internal dissent from his party and caucus as did his predecessors, he did have the unfortunate task of having to remove MLA Dan Backs from the Liberal caucus. (daveberta.ca)
There are many reasons for this: Alberta's tradition of electing large government majorities, the ability of the PC party to create a big - tent party, the unpopularity of opposition parties federal counterparts, and the trap of falling into an opposition mentality. (daveberta.ca)