In this view, Humpty - Dumpty can not be put together again: the deep fracturing of New Labour's
electoral coalition demands a more fundamental reappraisal.
Not exact matches
With touching concern for the welfare of the Republican Party, an editorial in the very Democratic New York Times warns that abortion is the issue that «could split the party open» and takes Ralph Reed of the Christian
Coalition to task for having «overplayed his hand» and endangered the Republicans»
electoral chances with his
demand for pro-life candidates.
Academicians analyzing the 2000 election were struck by how Bush had integrated the hitherto
demanding leaders of the Religious Right into his
electoral coalition without provoking negative attention.
[v] The last time the Green party formed part of a governing
coalition (1998 - 2005), their
electoral program had included a
demand for the «legalisation of certain drugs such as cannabis under similar laws and regulations pertaining to alcohol» (p. 127).