Sentences with phrase «before running for president»

You could say that before running for president one had to spend at least 4 years in congress.

Hillary Clinton took nearly every precaution to ensure voters would never know what she told investment bankers, lobbyists and corporate executives in dozens of closed - door paid speeches before running for president.

As to Obama's christianity, he gave an interview, I believe to a Chicago paper before he ran for president.

He said just that before he ran for president.)

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Benioff raised more than $ 500,000 for President Barack Obama's second term election, but also gave $ 10,000 to Paul Ryan's run for House before the Republican was named Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 election.

Even President Barack Obama — a slacker until he began running three miles a day as a young man — to this day makes time for 45 minute workouts before assuming his duties.

Romney unsuccessfully ran for president in 2008 before winning the GOP nomination in 2012, when he lost in the general election to incumbent President Barapresident in 2008 before winning the GOP nomination in 2012, when he lost in the general election to incumbent President BaraPresident Barack Obama.

Jobs started Next and wound up working with Pixar before being welcomed back, Gates is now arguably the greatest philanthropist that the world has ever seen, Trump is running for president — and I have not ended up that bad either.

Now a political independent, Bloomberg considered making a third - party run for president this year before opting against a campaign, expressing worry he would siphon away votes from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and inadvertently help elect Trump.

«It's very, very, very quick for anyone who interacts with Slack to consider Slack, the entity, their friend,» says Reed, who ran technology for President Obama's 2012 campaign before starting Modest.

Trump's infamous use of the social media platform, which he joined in 2009 and gained a following before he ran for office, has separated him from past presidents.

«Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President,» Trump said in a tweet.

«Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President,» Trump tweeted on February 16, the day after the indictment was unsealed.

«Hank became increasingly concerned about whether Thornton or Thain» — the co - presidents of Goldman before Blankfein — «would assume responsibility for the business units and show they could run things,» said one former Goldman partner.

«Absolutely I would vote for her, and she knows, and I would be able to call her a friend, we've known each other a very long time, long before President Clinton ran for the first time,» Norman told Tania Bryer, host of «CNBC Meets» in an interview held before Hilary Clinton announced her bid.

In the latter of the two memos, Porter and Kelly devised a system to ensure that all sides of a policy issue for those which have a legal aspect are run past them before making it to the president.

It had been expected that Riley Bechtel would serve as CEO until the end of 2017, the year of his 65th birthday, and that Brendan Bechtel would keep running individual businesses for two or three years before becoming president around 2016.

Long before Trump even announced a run for office, the zeitgeist had an understanding that one day Donald Trump would convince enough of his fellow countrymen that he should be president.

In this case, though, the client who apparently reimbursed the expense was running for president and the money was paid just days before the election.

Just days before Trump made his steel and aluminum tariff announcement, the Alliance for American Manufacturing began running a TV ad shaming the President for his unfulfilled campaign promises.

He pointed out that efforts to influence the election began in 2014, before he started running for president.

Running for president shouldn't be a full - time job twenty months before the election.

Graham had never met Romney before DeMoss arranged for 15 conservative Christian leaders to visit Romney's Massachusetts home in 2007, when he was preparing to make his first run for president.

Barmy attended his church for 20 years before it was time to run for president.

Kucinich was Sen. Bernie Sanders before it was social media cool to be a socialist and ran for president in 2004 and 2008.

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The inquiry will begin on May 29 just days before the committee will meet to vote for the next president of the World's governing body of which Bin Hammam is the only candidate running against Sepp Blatter.

poor infrastructure for a long long time Spain big two have atleast a team of five people from President himself they share opinion where to strength in Asenal was the opposite» as long as i am here i will be the one who decide» running football club is a team work not individual personal opinion and philosophy which never work out for long time — he get away with it before he was bringing in money for selling players and make Arsenal football club participants and not competetors any more

Instead, we're talking about our guy and reinforcing that he and his wife are different (and therefore more scary) than anyone who's successfully run for President before.

An audience member pointed out in a question - and - answer session that Trump has flirted with running for public office before — most notably president in 2012 — only to back out, Paladino shot back at him.

Mr Trump is the current frontrunner among the Republicans running for president, six weeks before the primary contests begin for each party to pick their nominee.

Sptizer, of course, was rumored to have his sights on running for president himself one day before his ignominious downfall and resignation.

Roemer, who, like any good politician, was very skilled at bringing the conversation back to himself and his own endeavors, recalled a conversation he once had with the late President Ronald Reagan about the importance of being a governor before one runs for the Oval Office.

Nixon said she had been asked about running for office before but always said no — until the election of Republican President Donald Trump convinced her that she had to do more.

He is a former president of the Suffolk County Bar Association and ran for district attorney as a Republican before Ray Perini became Sini's opponent.

Guy Molinari, the former borough president and congressman, was knocked as a career pol when he ran unsuccessfully for district attorney, as was former - DA and now - Congressman Daniel Donovan, though he had served some time in the Manhattan DA's office before moving into the political world.

The rhetoric, which President Sarkozy also employed when he was first running four years ago, is partly a result of France's two - part electoral system, which forces candidates to appeal to voters on the extremes of their political wing in the first round before making a pitch for the centre in the second round run - off.

Becoming the first New York governor to run for president since Nelson Rockefeller, former three - term Republican Governor George Pataki jumped into the race this morning in a YouTube campaign video before appearing in New Hampshire.

Finding himself term - limited, the politician had publicly flirted with running for Brooklyn borough president and city comptroller before deciding he wanted to go to Congress.

Attendees at Weprin's birthday party included Public Advocate Letitia James, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (who spoke about Weprin's expertise on financial matters), Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the Queens County Democratic Organization, and Queens borough president Melinda Katz, who served with Weprin in the Council before running in a crowded primary against him for City Comptroller in 2009.

It would've been unfair for him to come in and just occupy the office for a year before he's running for president.

Even if Trump doesn't run — he has toyed with running for president before and ultimately did not — the reality - show host's appearance at the event is still a boost for a county chairman's fundraiser and is sure to draw a crowd.

Donald Trump is currently running for president, and while he's given political commentary and funded candidates before, I'm not aware of him holding political office.

A super PAC that is pushing Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 is planning to hold a fundraiser in Los Angeles in November — days before she comes to the area to accept a set of awards.

Materna is president of Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley Civic Association and ran against Ignizio for City Council as a Democrat in 2009 before changing her party affiliation to Republican in 2012.

City Council, District 4: The race to represent Midtown East, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town and The Upper East Side in the seat that Eva Moskowitz is leaving because she is running for Manhattan Borough President (although she could serve until 2009) has several candidates, two of whom appeared before 504 seeking an endorsement.

One national GOP group, America Rising PAC, said the verdict will raise «a glaring red flag» for those pushing for a Cuomo run for president in 2020 — a possibility made far more complicated shortly before noon Tuesday in a lower Manhattan federal courtroom.

«Well, I haven't announced what I'm going to run for in 2013,» said Stringer, during a recent interview in his 1 Centre Street borough - president aerie high above Manhattan, before launching into a disquisition on the unreliability of front - runner status.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Before the Staten Island Republican Party has selected a candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, Borough President James Oddo has endorsed GOP frontrunner Ronald Castorina Jr..

Ken Lovett: «With time possibly running out on crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's term, many in New York's political and legal circles are bracing for a frenzy of activity as his office works to finish up ongoing cases into the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations before the next President takes office.»