Sentences with phrase «democrats pounced»
He then added as an aside, «I'm not sure we need half - a-billion dollars for women's health issues» — a statement Hillary Clinton and other Democrats pounced on, portraying it as a gaffe that reveals that Bush doesn't care about women's health.
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Democrats pounced: «Harry Wilson's willingness to revisit New York's ban on investing with Iran — a country on a quest to «wipe Israel off the map,» obtain nuclear weapons, and threaten the United States — is naive, at best, or callous, at worst,» said Jacobs.
Not surprisingly, the Senate Democrats pounced gleefully on this gaffe, with one majority source noting snarkily:
Not exact matches
Democrats were quick to pounce.
Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.
Democrats — including the intended target of Cenedella and Maragos, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — gleefully pounced on the yet - to - be-delcared candidate, calling on Republicans to denounce him.
Democrats immediately pounced on Tenney, calling her comments «unhinged, shameful and disgusting.»
Democrats on Sunday immediately pounced on the remark and even accused Mr. McLaughlin of race - baiting.
After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said any extra spending for disaster aid should be offset by cuts elsewhere, Democrats have pounced on the statement (for an argument why Cantor's statement isn't crazy, Dave Weigel has an interesting take over at Slate).
The yacht exemption, along with a sales tax break for those who own private airplanes, was quickly pounced on by liberal watchdog groups like the Fiscal Policy Institute and Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.
Democrats quickly pounced on the governor's announcement Tuesday.
Even the Obama White House, no friend of McCain, pounced on the opportunity to fan the flames of a controversy that Democrats hope will damage the Republican political brand.
And national Democrats are pouncing.