Sentences with phrase «abandon their party for»

With one other non-IDC Democrat named Simcha Felder, these 9 Democratic State Senators chose to abandon their party for a «majority coalition» with the minority Republicans, giving them control over what bills come to a vote, who gets important committee posts, and makes it impossible for any progressive legislation to become law.

Maintaining that he brought PDP to Oyo State, he said that he would not, for any reason, abandon the party for any other political party.

And all those «FDR Democrats» abandoned the party for union - busting Ronald Reagan as soon as their exclusive privilege was threatened.

Not exact matches

Small - business owners aren't likely to abandon the Tea Party; and being stripped of small - business support isn't good news for the GOP establishment.

They had to vote for either the Party of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty South.

«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Remember all that talk about how Jason Kenney's conservative - unity bid threatened to pull the Alberta Tories far to the right to allow for a Wildrose merger, letting Notley's party occupy an abandoned political centre?

Other risks and uncertainties include the timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed transactions between ILG and MVW, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals for the proposed transactions that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transactions; the possibility that ILG's stockholders may not approve the proposed transactions; the possibility that MVW's stockholders may not approve the proposed transactions; the possibility that the expected synergies and value creation from the proposed transactions will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the risk that the businesses of ILG and MVW will not be integrated successfully; disruption from the proposed transactions making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the risk that unexpected costs will be incurred; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing; the possibility that the proposed transactions do not close, including due to the failure to satisfy the closing conditions; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties.

Matthew Schmitz has a terrific post which discusses Mike Murphy's suicide - for - the - Republican Party idea that the Republicans should abandon social conservatives and focus on hard headed economic conservatism.

Since Southern Baptists abandoned native son Jimmy Carter and joined the Reagan revolution in 1980, they have become an increasingly important part of those values - voters who have made the Republicans, at least for now, the majority party in American political life.

Christians in this country need to totally abandon the two corrupt parties we have, because those who are seated in the seats of making decisions will NEVER abandon their practices, for their love of power and the love of BRIBE that comes abundantly to them from those who have means to give it, in order to receive favors in form of making our country's laws and policies to further allow them to do their self serving practice, disregarding those which they hurt by them.

Akin's campaign became a national cause for conservative Christian activists after the Republican Party abandoned the candidate and encouraged him to drop out over his abortion remark.

The Democratic Party's elites have thoroughly abandoned their mid-1990s skepticism about increasing future low - skill immigration, and have tried to present support for upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration as a referendum on whether Hispanic Americans (and nonwhites generally) are to be accepted as full American citizens.

Nonetheless, it is right enough on the observation that the TEA PARTY conservatives have abandoned Rick for reasons that couldn't be remedied by better debating.

John Quincy Adams gains Kennedy's praise for abandoning the Federalist party in his youth.

Rather, he depicts Roosevelt as a major force in shifting the historic roles of the two political parties, whereby Democrats abandoned the habits of nineteenth - century individualism for «a spiteful and ultimately self - destructive inactive protectionism» and Republicans traded the moral paternalism of nineteenth - century Whigs for a «narrow and doctrinaire brand of «free enterprise.

But she has no solution for this state of affairs nor any real explanation as to why communal suppers matter, concluding only that the survival of the dinner party «depends more than ever on having one frequently, offhandedly, with abandon.»

The best lesson for both British parties to draw from Mr. Obama is the one Brooks noted when Obama abandoned his pledge to take public election financing: that as well as being an inspiring speechmaker he's also «a tough - minded Chicago pol (person of Polish descent) who would throw you under the truck for votes».

The WFP does engage in a lot of saber rattling, but there is some precedent for the party abandoning a Democratic member of Congress on the issue of health care reform just to make a point — even if that means losing a seat to the Republicans.

The A-list which Cameron tried to impose on his party only lasted for a brief while until it caused so much consternation among local Conservative Associations that it was abandoned.

If he can be guaranteed that no other candidate will receive enough backing at this month's Republican state convention to qualify for a primary, he said he will abandon his hopes of running on the Reform minor party line for governor.

«On the day slated for the congress, May 5, 2018, the aspirants who are mainly farmers, palm wine tappers, Okada riders and artisans, who relentlessly devoted their time, energy and hard earned resources to build the party at the grassroots, abandoned their trades and waited endlessly from morning to night without a glimpse of the congress officials nor materials at their respective wards.

The meeting, on the tarmac at Albany International Airport, was the first time the two men crossed paths since the news broke that Mr. Obama had told Mr. Paterson that the White House had lost confidence in the governor's ability to win election next year and that he should abandon his campaign for the good of the Democratic Party.

For all the talk of how it is electoral suicide for a party to abandon the centre ground, or show ill - discipline, the deaths of Crow and Benn showed how desperate people are for the politics of convictiFor all the talk of how it is electoral suicide for a party to abandon the centre ground, or show ill - discipline, the deaths of Crow and Benn showed how desperate people are for the politics of convictifor a party to abandon the centre ground, or show ill - discipline, the deaths of Crow and Benn showed how desperate people are for the politics of convictifor the politics of conviction.

But he made clear support for the changes would come at the price of increased union influence on Labour policy - to the extent that the party abandons its support of the bulk of the coalition's deficit reduction measures.

«He said, «We are very displeased with Craig Johnson and specifically, the Working Families Party is abandoning him because he has let go of fighting for labor issues,»» Solages recounted to The Post.

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper - East Region, HON. ISAAC ADONGO.has made arrangements to donate an undisclosed cash amount and some other items to the regional chief Imam in support of this year's Eid - Ul - Adha Salla Festival because the regional minister and executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party have abandoned the regional chief Imam on preparations pertaining to this year's Eid - Ul - Adha celebrations.

How parties in coalition negotiations abandon their promises and alienate those who did vote for them without winning the support of anyone who didn't.

«I'm glad the delegates of the state Democratic Party join our conference in recognizing the need for the IDC to abandon its coalition with the Republicans and work to ensure a Democratic majority,» she said.

Elsewhere, both parties agree they should abolish child tax credits for those on middle to high incomes and similarly, both say they would abandon Labour's child trust fund that gives # 250 to every newborn in the country to set up a bank account.

Last December, Boehner shot down calls for the NRCC to abandon gay GOP candidates, arguing the party needed to make better inroads with gays, women and minorities following the party's poor showing in the 2012 election.

It's highly unusual for a party to abandon a still - active candidate — particularly an incumbent — in the midst of a campaign.

As for Flanagan, «It's clear that to an embarrassing degree Flanagan is Cuomo's flunky, his most loyal ally in the Legislature, a guy who will abandon the supposed fundamental positions of his own Republican Party in order to hold on to power,» said the lobbyist, a Democrat who has worked with both leaders.

It had long seemed that the front - runner for the party's nomination was former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who previously abandoned a GOP bid for governor.

«I wish to put it on record that I was neither consulted by anybody before my name was submitted as running mate to a man who has since the conduct of primaries, abandoned the party, took the party to court, worked for the PDP, thereby causing our party to lose his polling unit 80 votes to his ally party PDP's 116, repeating same feat at the Ward level with APC scoring 1,146 to PDP's 2,058.

«Charlie Crist has now officially filed to run for the position he once abandoned,» Florida Republican Party chairman Lenny Curry said Friday.

But much more importantly, Labour has abandoned its near out - and - out support for public servants whose recent strikes were tacitly support by the party leadership and who were joined by leader Ed on the so - called «March for the Alternative».

John McDonnell announced last night that he was abandoning his support for George Osborne's fiscal charter, which would commit the party to substantial cuts and further taxes.

Would a new party that only stood for voting reform struggle to find excuses to abandon voting reform if elected?

In return the government deal has seen the Lib Dems abandon their party policy to secure a decarbonisation target for 2030.

The two senators all but pleased with Republicans to abandon Trump — a candidate with a long history of business failures, deep ties to the Democratic Party and a taste for personal insults.

An anonymous «prominent» GOP operative says it would be political suicide for New York Republicans to abandon Trump — even in this Democrat - dominated state — because the party's base is still with him.

It reveals the Prime Minister's cunning masterplan to put everything that he and his predecessor built to fire and the sword, making sure that the party is not simply dented but flattened for a generation, the big tent cut into pieces and burned, the centre ground abandoned to the enemy, and anything of value utterly destroyed.

Veritas is finished and was really pretty much from the beginning, it never had any real raison d'etre other than as the Robert Kilroy Silk Fanclub and now that he has abandoned them what is there left for them, The English Democrats are somewhat lightweight policy wise, UKIP actually despite the Kilroy Fiasco got the second biggest gain in total number of votes for any party after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to impparty after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to impParty was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to implode.

After initially endorsing former Long Island congressman Rick Lazio for governor, the Queens County Republican Party reversed its decision last month in favor of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who abandoned the Democratic Party to run as a Republican.

There they agreed to abandon Labour's longstanding policy of restricting cross media ownership, in return for Murdoch's Labour baiting tabloid, the Sun, supporting the party in the 1997 General Election.

Mr. Barnett is considered one of the front - runner's for the party's nomination, competing against former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, who recently abandoned the GOP to seek the nomination of Americans Elect and the Reform Pparty's nomination, competing against former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, who recently abandoned the GOP to seek the nomination of Americans Elect and the Reform PartyParty.

In accepting extreme cuts as an economic remedy, Clegg abandoned his party's greatest thinker, Keynes, who would have gone for growth through government investment.

In 2007, the party abandoned its longstanding pledge to introduce a new 50p tax rate on the highest earners, and the following year called for a reduction in the overall burden of taxation.