Sentences with phrase «backroom political»

Colorado simply uses a new form of backroom political selection.

But whenever the movie, which is all too often, veers into backroom political machination mode, especially in the scenes involving LBJ or with George Wallace (Tim Roth), the movie's molten core cools and it loses its intimacy.

We then highlighted the political consequences of AV, detailing how AV is a politicians» fix that transfers power from voters to backroom political dealmakers.

Morano yesterday said other candidates should follow Donovan's lead «and reject the endorsement of the Independence Party, which has become far more synonymous with backroom political deals than good government.»

(Cuomo, who has a well - earned reputation as a backroom political bully, showed little compunction in trying to use those rules to knock Teachout off the ballot — despite her collecting 45,000 petitions, three times the number of signatures required to quality.)

The real issue of outrage in the community is that Linares and Rangel made a backroom political deal, with Linares endorsing Rangel and, in exchange, Rangel endorsing Linares and his daughter.

He and Silver once epitomized Albany's backroom political culture by hammering out deals on the state budget and legislation in closed - door negotiating sessions with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The first highlights — filled with backroom political gossiping — were played during testimony by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Whitestone), who described Skelos» power and explained how his own legislative behavior on issues such as rent control and fracking might have been different if he knew about the behind - the - scenes interests of Skelos.

As former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell has pointed out, the main impact of minority government is an increase in backroom political deal - making.

Amazingly, Spielberg found a way to make the minutiae of 19th - century backroom political dealings extremely entertaining.

Not exact matches

Some of her remarks give fresh fuel to liberals» worst fears about Clinton, namely that she is a political moderate, happy to cut backroom deals with corporate interests and curry favor with Wall Street for campaign dollars.

For a «backroom boy» who is supposed to avoid the press, Patrick Kinsella's name has turned up in a remarkable number of headlines during his 30 - year career as a political insider.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

The L.M.D.C. statement about Menin's being removed from the grant advisory panel saying that the Mayor and the Governor have appointed new members to us smacks of obfuscatory backroom maneuvering and simply adds up to the L.M.D.C. trying to pass the onus for a non-transparent decision onto their political patrons.

The formation of the coalition has given the government a political majority in the Lords, reducing the need for cross-party consensus achieved through backroom talks.

Good government groups and other critics have knocked the backroom process, though these same critics also questioned how Mr. Cuomo's failure to call special elections left districts for many months without political representation.

If our top state leaders are working things out over a dinner at this iconic symbol of the old world, and more specifically no doubt the site of many a political backroom deal, how are we ever going to get past the climate of «the Machine»?

Silver is one of Albany's most storied political figures, a consummate backroom operator with the power to single - handedly decide the fate of legislation.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a backroom master whose name was synonymous with political power in New York for a generation, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, destined to take his place atop the state's crowded lineup of crooked politicians behind bars.

«One thing I think we do need to look at is the political backroom.

«Leave it to a professional political operative like Elise Stefanik to make a backroom deal to get her opponent nominated off the ballot,» said DCCC spokesman Marc Brumer.

The political culture of backroom deals is all the Lorigos know.

His specialty lies in backrooms and political arm - twisting.

Stringer said «politicians from both parties come together and run an agency like it's a backroom Tammany Hall political club.»

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Michelle Schoeneman, candidate for the Erie County Legislature's 10th District, criticized her opponent, Joseph Lorigo, and his party - boss father, Ralph Lorigo, for cutting a political backroom deal that put the current West Seneca leadership in office.

The political conventions begin next week and several initial candidates applying for the vacant position removed their names soon after fearing the optics of a possible backroom deal.

While he plays a largely backroom role, daily media briefings will be carried out by Bob Roberts, Mirror political editor for three years.

We take you inside science labs and hospitals, biotech boardrooms, and political backrooms.

We take you inside academic labs, biotech boardrooms, and political backrooms.

Examining the drastically dire situation from a different angle, Darkest Hour fills in the political skirmishes and backroom showdowns that ultimately led to Dunkirk's successful evacuation and for as thrilling and visceral Dunkirk is, Darkest Hour does a phenomenal job of summoning similarly tightrope tension.

The Death of Stalin By Lauren Kaminsky History becomes cathartic farce in Armando Iannucci's comedy - all - star retelling of the political backroom battle for succession in postwar USSR

Written and directed by Dan Gilroy, the film stars Denzel Washington as a political activist who has spent years working in the backroom of a small law firm.

Released: March 9 Cast: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin Director: Armando Iannucci (In the Loop) Why it's great: The verbose, scatological insult comedy of Iannucci, the creator of HBO's long - running political satire Veep, somehow fits the backroom dealing of 1950s Soviet Union like a snug fur hat.

But Selma isn't all backroom horse trading and grand - scale political action.

The film seems to be a «Fail Safe «- style drama set in «the political backrooms of London» in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the city, and will shoot on July 15th.

An administration that has stumbled over concerns about backroom deals and that it has used stimulus funds for political ends might be well - advised to mount more than a «trust us» defense.

A century ago, ordinary citizens had little say in the process of choosing each party's presidential candidate; choosing the candidate was more of a backroom process, carried out by party leaders and political insiders.

This uncertainty is leading to the sorts of behaviours more akin to political backroom deals than schools: heads promising their schools will go in with each other as long as everyone agrees to keep out a competitor school, over-generous financial offers to primaries with lovely intakes, a shunning of schools with buildings too expensive to maintain.

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«Angela Merkel's nuclear deal is driving people into the streets because it is a stimulus program for political disaffection when the head of a government cuts a backroom deal with four energy bosses that's worth hundreds of billions of euros and safety issues for old nuclear plants are sorted out on the side,» Gabriel said.