Sentences with phrase «at picking candidates»
Hopefully they'll be better at government than they are at picking candidates.»
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
«Yesterday, The Fix asked readers for your third - party picks — a candidate that could actually have a shot at winning the presidency in 2012,» the Washington Post said, «Here are your top picks...»
Look at Breitbart and Drudge; they are picking a candidate.»
With everyone picking at the candidates sins, we will never find a sinless candidate.
I personally dislike having to pick from the narrow pool of candidates at voting time.
The bloodletting may not be over yet: The Nuggets have yet to pick up their option on Jeff Bzdelik, a Coach of the Year candidate, and Eric Musselman, the Coach of the Year runner - up in 2002 - 03, will be at risk if his Warriors fail to make the playoffs.
Any resident who wants to be a candidate may pick up a nominating petition at the Park District office, 410 N. Arlington Heights Rd.. The resident must get the signatures of 382 qualified voters and return the petitions by Jan. 21.
One of the two announced Democratic LG candidates, Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence took some subtle swipes at his opponent, Bill Samuels, who has pledged to primary whomever the presumptive gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, picks as his running mate.
At one point, Ed Miliband seemed open to the idea of using this system to pick the London mayoral candidate, but then quietly retreated to only giving London members and affiliate members (who pay a # 3 fee) a vote.
Anyway, the Dems are scheduled to meet at the Queens HQ this morning at 8:30 a.m. to pick House candidates, but won't likely select a someone to run in the new NY - 6 that Ackerman had been drawn into, according to a party source.
A system where normal voters and not just a dedicated few get to pick the candidates for the major parties who will duke it out at the election.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, was relentlessly on message following his comments at the Business Council's annual meeting yesterday, stressing repeatedly that the campaign needs to «get back to the issues.»
It's up to the Legislature to pick the replacement for Schneiderman, but it does not appear, at least for now, that lawmakers can coalesce on a candidate who would be able to turn around and run for a full term four months from now.
Reformers are dismayed after witnessing democracy at it's not - so - finest Sunday when the New York County Committee met to pick the Democratic candidate for the special election in November.
The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of...
Sen. Eric Schneiderman was asked about Rice during a news conference in City Hall Park at which he picked up the nod of ’06 AG candidate Sean Patrick Maloney.
But the party balked at picking any of the seven candidates in the First District looking to run a Democratic primary for the nomination to run against GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley).
The British National Party, who won 12 seats on the council in 2006, all of which they lost in 2010, declined even further at this election, only standing candidates in three wards and picking up a total of 1,137 votes, placing them sixth overall.
His Republican opponent, Westchester County executive Rob Astorino, says there should be one - on - one debates, and that the inclusion of other candidates would simply dilute his or any challenger's ability to pick at Cuomo's record.
The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of Westport.
She was picked from a pool of seven candidates and will replace Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who is leaving at year's end after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
The Republican state party picks his replacement - both parties have rules in place to handle the situation of a candidate dropping out at the last minute.
Alternatively, I do not think the Republicans are dead in NYS, instead I think New York's GOP must learn to pick their spots as they have in state's like Massachusetts (Romney and Baker) and Maryland (Hogan) with pitch perfect gubernatorial candidates, capable of at once fostering and pouncing upon Democratic divisions while consolidating support from independent voters, in order to win gubernatorial elections.
«I think Zac is a candidate who is well placed to appeal to people's second preference votes... And the other key thing that he needs to do is to pick away at the credibility of what Sadiq is offering,» says Barwell.
Steve Williams, one of three candidates seeking the Democratic designation to run for CNY's congressional seat, NY - 24, picked up some key support from Long Island Rep. Steve Israel, who headlined a fundraiser for Williams at the candidate's law office in downtown Syracuse.
Fresh off their anointment at the state GOP convention in Westchester today, gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino and his hand - picked running mate, Chris Moss, will hit the campaign trail together, heading back upstate.
«There is every reason for Brooklyn to take the strong position, pick a candidate and start pushing that candidate because you want a seat at the table,» said Evan Thies, co-founder of political consulting firm Pythia Public Affairs.
At a campaign rally in New Paltz — one of several Cuomo has held in the Hudson Valley in recent days — the candidate picked up the support of former Ulster County GOP Chairman Al Spada, Marlborough Supervisor Chris Cerone, Saugerties Councilman James Bruno, town of Ulster Councilman Eric Kitchen, and town of Ulster Clerk Jason Cosenza.
At the time, Democratic operatives said many viable Democratic congressional candidates were waiting for the next presidential cycle when likely Democratic presidential front - runner Hillary Rodham Clinton would give Pennsylvania Democrats a boost in turnout and a stronger opportunity to pick up seats in the Keystone State's congressional delegation.
It is even more disappointing to see that all candidates for elected positions in this election are all Caucasian and that there is not one Hispanic or an African American; and at the same time, Andrew Cuomo did not have the same courtesy to pick up the phone and call the Hispanic leadership and apologize publicly as he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Hochul's pick comes after speculation at the convention ranged on whether Cuomo would pick a Latino or African - American candidate.
Trailing among African - American voters, independent Syracuse mayoral candidate Ben Walsh picked up the endorsement of one of the city's most prominent black elected officials: Common Councilor - At - Large Helen Hudson.
The source also said that at the very top levels, all options are being weighed to see how the party would pick its candidate.
Should two or more candidates secure sufficient petitions, party members pick winners at primary elections.
Three days before Election Day, Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley courted Latino voters at a rally with former Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno — marking an effort by the challenger candidate to pick off votes from a community that traditionally...
Vince Giordano, a Manlius town councilor, was endorsed to run for the state Assembly 127th District seat by the Onondaga County Republican Committee on Feb. 6, 2016 at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, N.Y. Giordano was picked over another Republican candidate, Mike Beccala, a Cicero town councilor.
Republican congressional candidate Bob Turner picked up the second high - profile endorsement of his campaign when he was backed Sunday by U.S. Rep. Peter King (R - Massapequa Park) at Joe Abbracciamento's Restaurant in Rego Park as his opponent, state Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) was endorsed by the state's largest private sector union.
(Syracuse, NY) While Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins said the he is glad that Republican Rob Astorino has picked up on Hawkins» prior calls for a series of gubernatorial debates, Hawkins wants the debates opened to at least all ballot qualified parties.
«We have to look at everybody and be open - minded to pick the best possible candidate we can,» Mr. Russell said.
Clinton, who has been traveling the country in support of Democratic candidates while playing coy about any White House ambitions, stayed close to home, appearing at a Manhattan rally with Cuomo and his pick for lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul.
Branstad's hand - picked candidate for lieutenant governor, state Sen. Kim Reynolds, defeated Bob Vander Plaats at the Iowa Republican Party State Convention.
I am a bit worried now, do you think we can win in a non target seat, if you throw the kitchen sink at it maybe the answer is yes, but did John expect to get picked as the Labour Candidate, I do nt think he did.
In a string of Democratic primary elections around the country, two of the long - memoried protagonists of the Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton nomination fight keep finding themselves at odds as they rally to support down - ballot candidates who picked the «right» side in 2008.
Meanwhile, the most high - profile Republican candidate at this point, state Sen. John DeFrancisco, continues to pick up his own endorsements, including ones from U.S. representatives John Katko and Lee Zeldin and GOP Senate Leader John Flanagan, along with several of his GOP Senate colleagues.
According to party rules, new members can only take part in picking the prospective parliamentary candidate if they have «six months continuous membership of the Labour party (any constituency) at the freeze date.»
Candidates are picked by political parties at judicial nominating conventions in September after the primary.
It included a lightning round of yes or no questions about whether the candidates went apple picking (both yes) or ate the Twinx at the New York State Fair (both no.)
That doesn't mean the observers were especially good at picking good candidates.
Originally proposed at a U.S. - Soviet summit in 1985, the ITER design was essentially complete in 2001, but when the six partners gathered in Washington, D.C., in December 2003 to pick a site, Korea and the United States supported Rokkasho in Northern Japan, while Russia and China backed the E.U.'s candidate at Cadarache (Science, 2 January 2004, p. 22).
The device sensors pick up wrist movements to detect a person's eating behaviors, including when, how long and how fast they eat, said Brooke Bell, a doctoral candidate in health behavior research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC who is involved in the project.