Sentences with phrase «campaign issue out»

Republicans made a national campaign issue out of President Barack Obama's support of the Ground Zero mosque.

And it's equally traditional for the opposition to make a campaign issue out of however many years worth they release — especially if it's zero.

Not exact matches

Before any candidate sets out to make changes to Quebec's budget or economy, they'll have to address the deficit the province currently faces (exceeding $ 2 billion), which has become a major campaign issue.

These organizers would urge black voters not only to participate in the Blank - Out Campaign but also to draw attention to issues that extend beyond the current election cycle.

But based on appointments of ideological hardliners such as Tom Price (a staunch foe of Obamacare nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Michael Flynn (Trump's national security adviser with a dim view of Islam) and Mike Pompeo (the incoming CIA Director who has fiercely opposed the Iran nuclear agreement) and many of his campaign pledges, the chances are high that Trump could squander his limited political capital on divisive ideological issues and neglect his most important priority — getting the American economy out of its low - growth rut.

President Trump took to Twitter again Wednesday to call claims that his campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 election a «hoax» and laid out a checklist of issues his administration is working on.

While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

This makes sense, since Ross and Navarro were the co-authors of an important policy paper the Trump campaign put out during the election season that mostly focused on trade issues.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and trade adviser Peter Navarro were the co-authors of an important policy paper the Trump campaign put out during the election season that mostly focused on trade issues.

I hold out hope that at that time the new parliament will be able to address these important issues with more subtlety than is possible during the heat of an election campaign.

The instant a campaign launches, product creators can drive more traffic by sending out social media updates, issuing press releases, and contacting influential bloggers.

But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

An all - out war over such issues nearly erupted last week, but neither campaign would take up arms.

One progressive Catholic group made political hay out of Santorum's weak showing among Ohio Catholics, emailing reporters a statement titled «Santorum campaigns on divisive wedge issues, promptly loses Catholic vote.»

Thus the «right to die» campaign was able to represent the issue as a general referendum «on getting government out of this important personal decision,» and «on returning control of end of life decisions to where it belongs - with the dying person.»

And while issue - oriented analysis by TV's journalists rather than a daily «story» handed out by the campaign managers might cost a network more money, it would begin to meet the ethical norms of good journalism as well as the needs of the electorate.

Reports in Chile emerged last week that Sanchez is keen on forcing his way out in the summer after yet another disappointing campaign with Arsenal, but the story from the Standard claims that the player is yet to make up his mind regarding the issue.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

But it seems that money is not an issue at the Emirates, with Joel Campbell's imminent departure freeing up even more wages that have been loosened by Wenger's choice to send multiple players out on loan for the 2015/16 campaign.

CRETE — As part of his campaign against issuing general obligation bonds without voter approval, Crete resident Richard Blievernicht spoke out against two bond proposals at recent local public hearings.

We are told that the scanty detail provided in the SONA on the key issues that matter to the people and the many promises made to the Ghanaian in the NPP manifesto and on campaign platforms will be fleshed out in the budget.

Nothing there to address... even when you take out of the equation that we are stuck with a PIG for our country's leader the clear issue of campaign finance violations will need to be addressed.

Several Sanders surrogates and campaign aides — including state Sen. Bill Perkins, of Harlem, who is one of the few New York Democratic elected officials to break ranks and endorse Sanders over Clinton — held a conference call with reporters today, calling Clinton out for waffling on the license issue, while also attacking Sanders» own record on immigration reform.

Former NYC Councilman Tony Avella issued a statement earlier today slamming the Queens senator for opting to campaign in his district rather than travel to the Capitol for the gavel in - gavel out session that lasted no more than four minutes.

The people have, on the whole, been little interested, and perhaps even unaware of the wide - ranging nature of constitutional changes that have been introduced... during the 1997 election campaign, the British people were asked by the opinion research organisation, MORI, to rate the priority of various issues, they put constitutional issues 14th out of 14.

To get more out of it, try adding links to your individual campaigns (if you're an advocacy group) or to more information about each of your issues.

They need to seek out and train individuals with an understanding of the permanent political campaign which seeks involvement and input rather than a central committee issuing orders and demanding perfect obedience.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo not ruling out supporting Republicans this year, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris remains upbeat, telling Liz last night on the show that Cuomo will ultimately settle with the minority conference given their agreement on bread - and - butter party issues such as women's» health and increasing the state's minimum wage.

«I have already observed that the «sleaze from Belize» is a toxic issue... it should have been sorted out years ago rather than in the middle of a general election campaign?»

The promise of an In / Out referendum under a Conservative Government late in the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No vote.

Governor Cuomo, who has been somewhat reticent about speaking out on the national stage, has lately been talking about the issue of gun violence, saying it should be a key topic in Congress and in the 2016 campaigns.

Those who support a convention say dramatic action is required to address corruption charges that have forced more than 30 officials out of office in a decade as well as issues such as New York's high taxes, unequal funding of schools, and the influence of big - money donors in campaigns.

Our job is to figure out what that is for our own campaigns, not be all high and mighty that our issues are so much more intellectual, or more smartly chosen.

So suppose your local party is well organized, both sides want to coordinate, and you figure out any campaign finance issues.

It vastly oversimplifies the issue; it chooses an out - of - date political target; it casts an annoying white guy as a savior for hopeless Africa; the organization gets money from the radical right and has a militaristic slant; and, lastly, the naiveté of the campaign makes your average 6 - year - old look cynical.

One final note: lest you think that these rules apply only to big campaigns with the resources to put out Obama's 1800 separate YouTube clips, Tom Rosenstiel noted that individual videos can actually matter MORE to a smaller campaign, for instance for a Congressional race or a local issue.

The citizen - interrogators generated the most diverse set of questions in any of the presidential debates to date and challenged the candidates to break out of the rhetoric of their campaign speeches and to address sometimes uncomfortable issues, such as race, gender, religion and their own vulnerabilities.

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

And Pelosi went out of her way to issue a statement praising Cuomo for his one - day pre-election blitz of campaigning for House Democrats — including Hochul — saying he went «above and beyond to help support our candidates in New York.»

BerlinRosen also handles the mayor's nongovernmental press, putting out his message as Mr. de Blasio continually tries to influence national politics and spinning on issues like his campaign contributions.

In its quest to wipe out violations of campaign finance laws in the state, the commission issued a subpoena to a firm that had done advertising for Cuomo's 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

Paddy Ashdown's call yesterday was to get out campaigning: but the real issue now is how many will heed the bugle, or just slink away.

«I said that when it failed last year I would make a major issue out of it in this campaign,» Cuomo said.

People are most likely seeking your campaign out for information about a particular issue and / or a way to take action in favor of or against a position on an issue.

The three Democrats vying to take on freshman Republican Rep. John Katko in NY - 24 — Colleen Deacon, Steve Williams and Eric Kingson — staked out similar positions on key issues last night in their first televised debate of the campaign hosted by TWC News.

The party sent out a press release this morning reiterating its «staunch» opposition to «the wasteful and often abused system of public financing of campaigns,» and reminding members of the Senate and Assembly who plan on seeking the Conservative line this fall that legislation that would create such a system is double rated — meaning it will carry twice the rate of other bills in determining lawmakers» score, as it were, on top party issues.

«While the rest of the country was debating the issues of domestic violence, child abuse and the NFL, Cuomo spent his campaign dollars photoshopping Astorino's son out of a sport attack ad,» Hawkins noted.

This should be of grave concern to the public as it reaches out to groups that do not engage in lobbying or campaigns but work on issues that impact us all.

During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, then - candidate Cuomo snuffed out the issue, saying, «the dangers of medical marijuana outweigh the benefits.»

However, there are some issues that stood out to me during the campaign «on the ground» which I'm not sure individual candidates could have had much effect on — I set them out below.