Sentences with phrase «campaign fodder»

In the end, the tax was short - lived, but its value as campaign fodder was not lost on his opponents.

Wouldn't it provide more campaign fodder for her opponents?

Instead, he insisted on all 1 0 knowing he could use them as campaign fodder.

The votes could become major campaign fodder in next year's Senate races.

But while promises of restoring the public's trust became winning campaign fodder for Curran, translating that in public policy — beyond the positions she controls — nonetheless will be challenging.

And yet, even with the bridge lighting scheme serving as Cynthia Nixon campaign fodder, the governor's office continues to suggest it is moving ahead with a project about which it will reveal no new details — not who, precisely, will ultimately pay for it, nor how much it will cost.

While Lancman almost certainly has strong philosophical differences with Turner, and vice versa, whether or not he'll be able to turn those into campaign fodder will depend entirely on how the Congressional lines are drawn in redistricting.

Although Reagan counselor (and, later, attorney general) Edwin Meese III urged him to reject the report because it undermined the president's basic education agenda — to get government out of education — White House advisers Jim Baker and Michael Deaver argued that «A Nation at Risk» provided good campaign fodder.

One Democratic candidate has seized on last night's quickie extraordinary session as campaign fodder in his quest to oust incumbent GOP Sen. Frank Padavan, who did not heed Gov. David Paterson's proclamation calling lawmakers back to Albany last night.

Now both are campaign fodder in the race for a congressional seat on Long Island.

Promises of restoring the public's trust became winning campaign fodder, but translating that into policy will be challenging.

«Cuomo seems to prefer using these issues as campaign fodder for the election campaign instead of championing them during the legislative session when they could have begun helping women now, not next year maybe,» Hawkins said.

Many observers credited his strong opposition to New York's SAFE Act as attracting votes outside the City of Buffalo, but his office has also been embroiled in a number of controversies in recent years — including deaths in the Erie County Holding Center — that could serve as campaign fodder.

Many observers credited his strong opposition to New York's SAFE Act gun - control measure as attracting votes outside the City of Buffalo, but his office has also been embroiled in recent controversies including deaths in the Erie County Holding Center — that could serve as campaign fodder.

This week's announcement of an arrest in the fatal shooting at Anchor Bar four months ago became campaign fodder, with Flaherty's competition both asserting the announcement one day before the primaries was used as a political ploy.