Sentences with phrase «conservatives felt the state»

Civil society and its strengthening implies a withdrawal of the state from areas of life Conservatives felt the state had no place to be.

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The Conservatives, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have said Canada is feeling the sting of economic problems around the world, including the crisis in Europe and slower - than - predicted growth in the United States.

Upon his election as United Conservative Party leader, Jason Kenney expressed his thanks to Alberta Can't Wait for being an early proponent of conservative unity in the province and echoed the feelings of many Albertans stating that the province was «one step closer to renewing the Alberta advanConservative Party leader, Jason Kenney expressed his thanks to Alberta Can't Wait for being an early proponent of conservative unity in the province and echoed the feelings of many Albertans stating that the province was «one step closer to renewing the Alberta advanconservative unity in the province and echoed the feelings of many Albertans stating that the province was «one step closer to renewing the Alberta advantage.»

Millions of working - class whites felt that Obama was talking about them, too, when he said, «There's not a liberal America and a conservative America — there's the United States of America.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The state Democratic Party responded to the Republicans» new «more of the same» ad campaign with this little Web video, which reminds GOP and Conservative leaders how they used to feel about Carl Paladino — «lo those many moons ago before they embraced him as their gubernatorial standard - bearer.

Eurosceptic feeling within the Conservative party has heightened in recent months as a result of the eurozone crisis, which is pulling the 18 member states with the euro closer together.

The whole idea of British values may have been conceived by the former Conservative secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, but feelings in his party on the issue are running high.

I am a Republican, but I feel David Patterson is the most conservative governor New York State has had since Hugh Carey and Thomas Dewey.

The former Tory defence secretary Liam Fox also risked stoking bad feeling by stating that the Lib Dems were only «a sixth» of the coalition and urging Cameron to be more «driven» in pushing Conservative policies, even when they are opposed by the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and his party.

New York State feels like a liberal state because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains stState feels like a liberal state because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains ststate because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains states.

I feel that, when the current Conservative frontbench talk about inequality mattering (which is good) that they often make this type of argument, because the acceptance that inequality matters is combined with deep scepticism about both redistribution and the role of the state.

The state's leading pundits had the primary as a «liberal revolt» by those who feel the governor has drifted too far to the right and needed to hear a message, but expect that these voters will come right back into the Cuomo fold in November when faced with a conservative alternative on the ballot like Astorino.

His mission, he said, is «to get the state on a better, more fiscally conservative track,» and he feels as if Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, shares that goal.

This is due in large part to budget shortfalls, which have been felt nationwide as well; according to the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative policy group, property taxes would need to climb 3.5 percent to account for other costs.

The uproar was caused when yet another cop shot yet another young black man, quite outside of any kind of educational setting, but self - proclaimed conservative Holtz feels compelled to go through this kind of contortion to fault the Milwaukee School System under the distant supervision of incumbent State Superintendent Tony Evers.

To categorize think tanks as liberal or conservative, 19 experts (14 faculty members and 5 graduate students from U.S. political science departments) judged the political orientation of an initial set of 36 think tanks listed as liberal or conservative on Wikipedia's List of think tanks in the United States in October, 2009.1 Experts indicated whether or not they felt knowledgeable enough to judge each think tank, and if so, rated its political orientation (1 = mainly Liberal / Democrat; 5 = mainly Conservative / conservative, 19 experts (14 faculty members and 5 graduate students from U.S. political science departments) judged the political orientation of an initial set of 36 think tanks listed as liberal or conservative on Wikipedia's List of think tanks in the United States in October, 2009.1 Experts indicated whether or not they felt knowledgeable enough to judge each think tank, and if so, rated its political orientation (1 = mainly Liberal / Democrat; 5 = mainly Conservative / conservative on Wikipedia's List of think tanks in the United States in October, 2009.1 Experts indicated whether or not they felt knowledgeable enough to judge each think tank, and if so, rated its political orientation (1 = mainly Liberal / Democrat; 5 = mainly Conservative / Conservative / Republican).

I realize this is an assumption but as I stated above, the other side of this absorption will be less so I feel I'm being conservative and biased toward the AGW position.

I read the decision yesterday and thought that while it was legally defensible on a conservative, narrow reading of the law of state immunity, I couldn't help feeling disappointed that the court did not take the initiative to push the boundaries of customary international law.