Sentences with phrase «against establishment figures»

On the Democratic side, the presidential primary has set the region's robust grassroots progressive base backing Bernie Sanders against establishment figures and Hillary Clinton partisans like County Executive Mike Hein and Ulster County Democratic Committee Chairman Frank Cardinale, making for an unusually bitter intra-party brawl.

Zaino said the New York battle is the latest between party outsiders who are more liberal (think Barack Obama and Sanders) against establishment figures who are more pragmatic (Clinton, Cuomo), playing out on a state level.

Not exact matches

The Portuguese has long since defined himself and his teams against an adversity, whether it's an unappreciative or outwardly hostile establishment, a major rival such as Barcelona or figures on the inside to be used to create tension.

Now leading figures in the «out» campaign look across the western world and note that perceived «outsiders» are soaring, conveniently positioned as the insurgents against the loathed establishment.

That declaration might seem pretty picayune, but it's his enthusiasm and attention to the often mundane mechanics of elections and civic engagement that seems to be gaining Peterson, a first - time political candidate, traction against Democratic establishment figure Alex Padilla, a 41 - year - old Democratic state senator from Los Angeles, and a MIT - trained mechanical engineer.

It pits state Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who has the backing from just about every important figure in the Empire State's Democratic establishment, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, against New York City Councilman Charles Barron, whose views veer quite far from the establishment line.

But she is also a deeply polarizing figure, and would likely unite the organized labor establishment against her.

But it turns out that I am woefully out of date: according to The Language Police, the sensitivity guidelines for one major publisher warn against paying too much attention to figures like Harriet Tubman (along with Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, and George Washington Carver), because they are «acceptable to the European - American establishment.»

But she is also a deeply polarizing figure, and would likely unite the organized labor establishment against her.

Just after the opening of Allen Jones's «Retrospective» at Michael Werner's Upper East Side gallery — the British pop artist's first New York solo show in 40 years — artnet News spoke to the controversial painter and sculptor about his influences, his consistent depiction of the female figure, and going against the art establishment.