Sentences with phrase «among national conservatives»

Like Christie, Walsh is more secure among national conservatives than he is on his home turf.

When he spoke of a «Field of Dishonor» in a speech at an event of the German Peace Society at the tenth anniversary of the beginning of World War I, this triggered a chorus of outrage among national conservative academics and a disciplinary procedure.

Not exact matches

Christian Zionism has been denounced as unbiblical and even unchristian by some Christian groups, including the National Council of Churches, but it has become an orthodoxy of sorts among Republican social conservatives.

Those who are on the front lines of championing contraceptive access to reduce abortion in the developing world are having national impact among conservatives!

In Judaism, despite the rather far - reaching differences between the orthodox, conservative, and liberal wings, and the existence of national variants, including pro- and anti-Zionists, there is a definite, overall consciousness among practically all Jews everywhere of being one (a qahal, or people), and this feeling is predominantly a religious feeling.

Third, in view of scattered signs among some evangelicals of an awakening concern about national and world problems, can all of us in churches — liberal as well as conservative, laity as well as clergy — have the grace to seize every opportunity for dialogue, to the end that we may begin to realize that behind our pluralism lies a God - inspired hunger for a better, more just world?

While a small group of conservative evangelical leaders — including Samaritan's Purse's Franklin Graham, the National Religious Broadcasters» Jerry Johnson, and the American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow — have spoken out in defense of Trump's plan, the open letter in the Post further cemented the growing consensus among evangelical experts that Trump's executive order on refugees is unnecessary and harmful.

The National Organization for Marriage is set to endorse Romney today, which should help him in one of his most urgent tasks: Consolidating support among the conservatives who were backing Santorum.

Moreover, this return to national rhetoric, reinforced by the strength of conservative forces, has to be put into historical perspective: far from being a new phenomenon, euroscepticism has been mounting among European citizens for almost three decades.

Among other results, Lord Ashcroft's polls suggested that the growth in SNP support would translate into more than 50 seats; [124] that there was little overall pattern in Labour and Conservative Party marginals; [125] that the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas would retain her seat; [126] that both Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would face very close races to be elected in their own constituencies; [127] and that Liberal Democrat MPs would enjoy an incumbency effect that would lose fewer MPs than their national polling implied.

The three House members are among 300 social and political conservatives, moderates and libertarians who signed the amicus brief organized by Ken Mehlman, an openly gay former chairman of the Republican National Committee and one - time aide to former President George W. Bush.

Hoffman, who has lost ground among fellow Republicans since his unsuccessful attempt at retaining the NY - 23 seat for the party in a special election last fall that drew national attention, has retained the support of the state Conservative Party.

Unlike Hanna, Cantor did little last - minute campaigning in his district, where resentment over Cantor's national profile as a party leader had grown among many conservatives.

A modern conservative columnist, Kate O'Beirne, writing in the National Review, has questioned the value of food stamps, school breakfasts and lunches, and the WIC programs (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): «With rates of excess weight and obesity highest among low - income households, budget officials should be asking themselves why tens of billions of dollars are being spent each year by federal nutrition programs aimed at boosting food consumption by the poor.»

State performance on NAEP remains better than the national average, though a joint study from Harvard University and the conservative Hoover Institution released Monday reported Wisconsin had the fourth - lowest rate of improvement among 41 states studied between 1992 and 2011.

There's certainly been quite a bit of excitement about the cold snap among conservative bloggers and editorial writers, including Lorne Gunter of The National Post in Canada.

As I write in Chapter 1 of the report, in comparison to the relative diversity in goals among national environmental groups historically, conservative think tanks, advocacy groups and aligned industry associations are marked by a much narrower outlook focused on limited government, reduced regulation and economic growth.

Based on the analysis in Chapter 1 of the Climate Shift report, it is no longer tenable to assert a David vs. Goliath narrative when it comes to comparing the financial resources of the major national environmental groups and their opponents among conservative groups and industry associations.

Cap and trade, once a cornerstone national energy policy among Democrats and moderate Republicans, has become a target of conservatives, who call it cap and tax and say it's emblematic of the Obama administration's «big government» approach.

The National Review has held great influence among Republicans and conservative thought leaders for nearly 60 years, but a lawsuit from a climate scientist could threaten its very existence.