Sentences with phrase «better than the incumbent»

Not exact matches

Bottom line: while an ongoing recession at the time of the election does not always mean that the incumbent party will lose control of the White House, it spells DOOM by better than a 2:1 ratio.

Some virtual carriers such as PC Mobile and 7 - 11 ′ s Speakout exist here, but their rates either aren't much better than what incumbents or charging, or they're relegated to selling older, slower services.

Over the years, Virgin has competed well in markets where incumbents do business in a particular way for no other reason than «that's the way we've always done it.»

As the new technology gets better and better, remaining cheaper than the incumbent, it slowly starts to capture the mainstream market, eventually crushing the competition.

Incumbents have lawyers, experience and lobbyists; they often understand the process better than the new entrants.

Republicans Are Better Off Than You Think: Lots of Republican incumbents are retiring this year, but half of them are in districts usually won by the GOP.

The reality is that except in a limited number of highly liquid corridors — corridors that are likely already well - served by incumbent money transfer services — Bitcoin remains a less - than - perfect solution for cross-border payments.

Defying the polls, the traditional parties --- the incumbent Popular Party (PP) and the Socialist Party (PSOE)-- came out on top and in the PP's case with much better results than last December.

This is a great article but sadly these appear to be examples of the powerful incumbents attempting to usurp blockchain so as to keep themselves in the middle (Bank of America's patents — actually, patents are a good use case for blockchain) rather than the powerful incumbent reinventing themselves.

English bishops are now generally freed from the responsibility of maintaining the medieval mansions in which some of them still reside; their salaries are now with a few exceptions equalized at # 2000 - # 2500, while most English dioceses achieve a minimum stipend for incumbents of # 500 or better.24 In available goods and comparable status this is probably somewhat but not much better than the «passing rich on forty pounds a year «25 Of two centuries ago.

«It is hard to see otherwise than that Amazon's entry into Australia will be good for consumers, despite it not being good for incumbent retailers,» he said.

Frank Vogel is far less likely to be dismissed by the Orlando Magic than is general manager Rob Hennigan, but front office turnover typically isn't good news for incumbent coaches.

All else being equal, the opposition party has a better chance against a new candidate than an incumbent President.

The site's raison d'être is to highlight incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's upbraiding of an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as «Senator» during a hearing — pretty thin gruel for a scandal, though not Boxer's best moment as an elected official.

Jimmy Van Bramer, Council District 26, Queens (Incumbent)-- No Queens elected official has been a better advocate for safe and complete streets than Van Bramer, the Council's Majority Leader.

It is of course possible that your challenger would have had a better chance against the incumbent than a new face from the same party.

What that suggests is that the gap in online support is really more about the type of candidates on offer, and not just a sign of Republican challengers en masse doing better than Democratic incumbents.

All 4 four Conservative Incumbents did better than their party.

Mr. Abubakar claims his performance as Northern Region Minister in the past six months is better than the eight years of incumbent Member of Parliament, Dr Sagre Bambangi.

He maintained that, the incumbent MP, is a lawyer by profession, and if in his levelheadedness, wants to seek redress it's better than asking his supporters to resort to violence.

After scoring a better - than - expected 40 percent against a better funded Democratic incumbent, Republican Rob Astorino left the door open last night to running again in 2018.

As far as I am concerned, McKay's tainted line is probably better off going to a tainted incumbent than a fresh newcomer who can offer voters a clean slate.

Watching the interview, I get the sense that it was more than just his vote on gay marriage that led to the boards decision, but Lorigo made it clear that Swanick has better conservative credentials than the Repubilcan incumbent.

Incumbent legislators in New York State are better protected than bald eagles and whatever convoluted scheme is dreamed up will further that end.

A close ally of County Executive Mike Hein — she mouths Heinian platitudes better than he does — Dr. Nolan trounced the incumbent, with about 20 percent of eligibles turning out.

The PDP spokesman wondered why Soyinka suddenly turned himself to an image maker of an incumbent governor who lost his reelection bid in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, winning less than 20 wards out of 177 wards in the state as well.

He's already got a better grasp of some of the more complicated issues than many of the incumbents he would join in the local delegation if elected.

The Business Council's political action committee on Tuesday endorsed more than a dozen incumbent Senate Republicans for re-election as well as three GOP challengers.

Addressing members of the Tertiary Education Institution Network, TEIN, at the Tamale Technical University, Vice President Amissah - Arthur said it is a known fact that some regions are well resourced than others and it is incumbent on government to bridge that gap as part of nation building.

But the Post celebrates the DA for taking that stance, saying he'll be better able to probe public corruption than a 12 - year Senate incumbent ever could.

The latest Quinnipiac University poll on the Connecticut Governor's race finds more voters say Republican challenger Tom Foley would do a better job on the economy than Democratic incumbent Dannel Malloy.

Teachout won 34 percent of the vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary, a better - than - expected showing against a well - known incumbent who had the backing of the state's Democratic Party apparatus and heavyweights like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Hillary Clinton.

A sample of those that don't: - CA (R incumbent, budget mess, strongly D state with a good couple of D candidates in Brown & Newsom)- MN (R incumbent not seeking re-election, strongly D state with a much stronger bench than the R's thanks to Coleman's legal battle probably costing him a run)- PA (D incumbent in swing state, with much stronger R bench with AG & / or Rep likely to run)

I am not convinced Terry is our best candidate,» he said of the two - term incumbent who won by a better than four - to - one margin in 2011.

And what better vehicle to continue pummeling the incumbent than a party primary feeding hungry media for the next 17 weeks?

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

It does become a problem if it is an indication of soft support for Labour, if the government become less unpopular once they have a better economy behind them, if minor parties establish themselves as alternative recipients of anti-government votes or if during an election campaign it becomes more of a choice between two alternatives, rather than a judgement on the incumbent.

Labour as currently organised and funded is actually considerably more effective as an opposition than a government — its competencies and enthusiasms are well suited to holding an incumbent government to account, less so to the actual business of government.

We still believe Rep. Mike Sodrel (R) will struggle to recreate the electoral math he enjoyed in 2004, but at the moment he is in better shape than the two GOP incumbents ranked above him.

All the groups — as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo — have derided the current format for drawing political lines as little more than a system for protecting incumbents who hold the majority.

In the Esopus snapshot on this sprint to the finish, the incumbents did a better job of presenting themselves than the challenger.

Another problem the GOP faces: Recent polls have shown that Democrats are slightly more forgiving than Republicans when it comes to re-electing incumbent state lawmakers, although the overall numbers don't look good for members of either party currently occupying seats in the Senate and Assembly.

Encouraged by a closer than expected 2012 race against incumbent Republican Bill Larkin, Democrat Chris Eachus, an Orange County Legislator, tried again to unseat Larkin, but came up well short.

With more power and better cabin technology than either of these incumbents, the Kia seems like a shoo - in for the win in a spec comparison.

Even Stevo is not stupid enough to put out a refresh without better specs than the incumbents.

«The incumbent lender will typically price higher than the best market rates, unless they feel the customer is likely to leave, in which case they'll usually negotiate.»

The newest Canadian dividend ETF hasn't seemed to generate a lot of buzz, but in my opinion it tracks an index that is better than both of the incumbents.

The IPCC support the alternative view that it does, hence it is incumbent upon them to support their alternative position to a certain level that we have no other course than to reject the null (off the top of ones head 90 % sure is not good enough for me).

Its founders realized that in order for a new technology to gain a foothold in the mass market, it had to be seen as a much better choice than the incumbent technology.

But WIND also has the same rates for US roaming which is significantly cheaper than the incumbents» deals; if you're a frequent traveler to the States, and tend to stay in your WIND Home area when in Canada, these are the best rate plans in the country.