Sentences with phrase «defend previous support»

The standards have become a political issue, forcing likely presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Chris Christie to defend previous support for what some conservatives call government overreach.

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69 per cent say the new leader should defend the record of the previous government, especially on the economy; swing voters say this would make them less likely to consider supporting Labour.

Giuliani is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, but a bruising primary campaign in which he is forced to either defend or change his previous positions in support of gay marriage and abortion rights could quickly erase that goodwill, at least among party activists in key primary states.