Sentences with phrase «change on the campaign trail»

October 25, 2012 • In sharp contrast to his 2008 campaign, President Obama hasn't mentioned climate change on the campaign trail this time around, instead choosing to focus on the economic side of clean energy rather than the climate change side.

Even though he barely mentioned climate change on the campaign trail, they think it should now be his foremost concern.

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On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to bring back coal - mining jobs and dismantle Obama's environmental policy, declaring climate change a «hoax.»

But her effort to better understand the lack of female representation in tech fields — especially given what she observed in schools while on the campaign trail — ended up changing the course of her career.

Families USA, New York Communities for Change, Make the Road New York, Planned Parenthood of New York City, the Working Families Party and the New York State Nurses Association will also take part, along with actress Shailene Woodley, actress Rosie Mendez, and actor Alec Baldwin, who has impersonated Trump on the campaign trail for Saturday Night Live.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

The Political Forecasting Unit's «election barometer», designed to capture the changing state of the race as it unfolds through the campaign, shows the Conservatives on top in terms of vote share, but Labour leading in terms of projected seats, despite trailing last or joint last in terms of vote share.

Benjamin on Cuomo's Changing Style As Governor Cuomo prepares to help President Obama on the campaign trail, former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin is questioning whether Cuomo deserves a second term of his own.

Hawkins, while on the campaign trail, has said he supports a constitutional convention, which would change New York state's constitution.

Though she supported a change to the city's system of government on the campaign trail last year, Saratoga Springs Mayor Meg Kelly has announced the formation of a new commission to examine the Spa City's charter.

A summer spent on the campaign trail also put Meyer, who has admitted that the job can be isolating, in contact with many of those whose lives he has changed during his decade on the bench.

On the campaign trail, Trump laid out his plans to institute six weeks of paid maternity leave only when companies do not offer leave by making changes to existing unemployment insurance.

A brief survey of the content on this site reveals video outlining candidates stances on specific issues, articles looking at how the Internet has changed the race and the very latest news from the campaign trail.

An infusion of $ 20 billion a year, the eye - popping number Trump unveiled on the campaign trail, could help upwards of two to four million needy kids (at $ 5,000 — $ 10,000 apiece) gain access to life - changing options.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

Mr. Obama foreshadowed the new post on the campaign trail in April when he told a voter that Mr. Gore would be offered a special Cabinet post overseeing climate change.

Trump said on the campaign trail that he would drop the Paris climate change treaty.

Despite the vulnerability of many of his own properties to sea level rise, on the campaign trail President - elect Donald Trump stuck with Republican orthodoxy in questioning human - driven climate change, and criticizing the steps the Obama administration has taken to combat it.

Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, wrote a chapter on climate change for Newt Gingrich's forthcoming book, only to have it pulled after the politician hit the campaign trail.

On the campaign trail, talk of climate change virtually disappeared from Crist's rhetoric — a move that some critics say he made to appease the growing far - right wing in his party.

On the campaign trail, has has shown he can change his views, for better or worse, or at least be fluid with them — when it suits his purpose.

The list includes former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who spoke about climate change on the 2012 presidential campaign trail; Senator John McCain, who proposed a series of climate change legislation in the mid-2000s; former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed an emissions - reduction law for his state in 2006; and former Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz, who writes about climate and other issues as a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

He says he met great people on the campaign trail, worked hard, and had a lot of support in his riding because «there are a lot of people who want a new government, who want change.»

Who they back: Tear - down - the - government candidates who are anti-regulation, vote against climate - change mitigation, and, at least on the campaign trail, said they wanted to repeal Obamacare.