Sentences with phrase «for liberal activists»

The outspoken Williams, whom The New York Times described as «a proxy for liberal activists,» is nobody's idea of a second banana.

Will the new business bring in enough revenue to make up for the liberal activists who are now feeling outright betrayed by Change?

The proposal appears to be the latest effort by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to show his public intent at uniting Democrats in the Senate, a fractious chamber that has become an increasingly sore point for liberal activists in New York that was heightened in the wake of President Trump's election.

The fund - raiser, held at the home of Kate Linker, a board member for the liberal activist group Greater NYC For Change, brought in an undisclosed amount of cash for State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, an upstate Democrat facing a stiff challenge from Republican George Amedore.

Not exact matches

He also joined Bain Capital, which is hardly the ideal launching pad for a quest to win over liberal activists.

NEW YORK, March 19 - Actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon, one of the stars of the «Sex and the City» television series and movies, announced on Monday she would run for governor of New York, challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination.

While Krasner has been criticized by some for his lack of insider experience, he gained a rabid following in Philadelphia among the city's activists, liberals, and leftists.

Environmental activist and writer Briony Penn is running for the Liberals and Andrew Lewis is the Green Party candidate.

Conspiracy theories have started to widely circulate claiming that some of the most visible student activists are not actually students but «crisis actors» meant to carry a message for liberals and other anti-gun lobbyists.

Democratic politicians and liberal activists went to work, learning from the political and policy mistakes of the Clintons and preparing for the next opportunity.

Those maligning Mia for her religion are liberal activists.

In the prologue, Hentoff explained that part of his inspiration was the oppression of pro-life activists and the failure of liberals to speak out against it — at last, a liberal thinker striving for consistency.

Among secularists, gay activists, liberal politicians, and the like, it is taken for granted that homosexual urgings are «natural,» in the sense of being innate (the word nature comes from the Latin natus, «to be born» as, in fact, does the word innate); and since the urges are natural in that sense (or so goes the claim), what's wrong with satisfying them?

But Reed, who formerly led the Christian Coalition, charges that the controversy around calls for abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest --- he says anti-abortion activists generally support abortions to save a mother's life - has been blown out of proportion by Democrats and liberals who want to paint the GOP as extremist.

Even many liberals for whom faith in activist government had earlier been the central doctrine of their political creed have recently felt twinges of agnostic uncertainty.

And he, much to the shock of vegetarians, liberals, animal - rights activists and grocery - store shoppers everywhere, makes an enthusiastic and palpable argument (palpable in that it is entertaining and well thought - out, albeit full of name - calling like «tofu breath») for the supposed ecological, physical and familial benefits of killing your own food (including growing your own veggies).

Dr. Benjamin Spock, who remains controversial even after death for pushing a vegetarian diet for young children in the latest edition of his baby book, was an anti-war activist, civil rights leader, health care reformer and one of the great liberals of the 20th Century.

Liberal Democrat activists have defeated their leadership over coalition plans for free schools and academies.

Liberal activists had long sought a Democratic majority in the Senate and some, including the Working Families Party, were not pleased with the timeline for the unity plan to come fruition.

But Democratic and liberal activists who have been pushing for an end to Republican control say it's not moving fast enough.

It would be a mistake to disregard Senator Sanders» bold challenge for the nomination as a mere episode of fascination exercised by liberal - minded millennials and «green» activists.

Democrats are facing an open breach between the demands of their political base and the strict limits of their power, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health care system and impeaching Trump, while candidates in hard - fought elections ask wary independent voters merely for a fresh chance at governing.

Liberal activists have blamed Cuomo for the arrangement in the Senate that led Republicans to retain power.

Ellison, who had lost his bid for DNC chairman against former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, had drawn the ire last week of liberal activists in New York when he posed for a selfie with IDC Sen. Marisol Alcantara.

Environmental activist Howie Hawkins did just that four years ago for the liberal Green Party, and he is running again this year.

While never the closest of allies, Cuomo and the party have engaged in open warfare recently after the liberal - leaning organization opted to endorse Cynthia Nixon, the actor and education activist who has mounted a spirited primary challenge for governor from the left.

Indeed, Isabel's post constructs activists as a key problem for the Liberal Democrats.

Gipson is considering a run for governor, hoping to harness liberal activists to propel him to victory over Cuomo.

What happens when you mix devoted Liberal and Conservative activists in the same city for two different political conferences, and then add alcohol?

Electoral reform is viewed as a key policy goal for Liberal Democrat grassroots activists, who many Conservative ministers fear could force the premature collapse of the coalition if they do not succeed in making major policy gains.

Asked how he could possibly ask Labour voters to vote for him when he spent most of the last week encouraging a Labour candidate to stand against him, Mr Davis replied: «I'm asking everybody and we've had support from Tories, of course, Liberal activists, people who say «I've voted Labour all my life» and - most interestingly of all - people who said I've never taken an interest in politics all my life but this has galvanised my interest.»

Menzies Campbell yesterday publicly rebuked a Liberal Democrat activist for starting campaigning for a by - election before the former incumbent was even buried.

But instead, his Bill Clinton - style triangulation and personal spats have enraged an activist base that's becoming ever more energized and liberal, and ready to sign up for party infighting with their own celebrity from outside of politics to make a point.

But ironically, keeping the WFP's ballot status, much less its spot at Row E, appears to be increasingly a concern for party leaders and activists as the governor pushes for voters to back him on the Women's Equality Party line, which is increasingly being seen as a rival for liberals» votes and potential siphon away support from the WFP.

Control of the Senate by Republicans has been a key issue for liberals, a point of contention for Cuomo and activist organizations.

Liberal activist groups last week called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return thousands of dollars he has received in campaign contributions from Daniel Loeb, a billionaire who has come under criticism for racially charged remarks directed at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

In April 2015, Blake and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with liberal activist Groups, blasted the police for shoving and arresting activists in demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custody.

Hundreds turned out for a town hall meeting organized by a liberal activist group last week.

Mainstream Democrats, liberal activists, and the Working Families Party were out to punish IDC members for having empowered Senate Republicans and for preventing a progressive agenda from advancing in the New York State Senate.

Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

LAS VEGAS — It wasn't lost on the 2,100 liberal activists gathered in Las Vegas at Netroots Nation for the annual four - day confab that the only Obama administration official who made the trip this time was Treasury Secretary Ray LaHood — a Republican.

Labour activists fighting the Green Party in Brighton Pavilion will probably feel aggrieved, as will those Liberal Democrat councillors fighting for their party's future in Labour heartlands.

Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

Celia Munro, the veteran Liberal Democrat activist, who helped select Kennedy on the first occasion he stood for parliament at the age of just 23, attended with her daughter, who worked in Kennedy's constituency office for 25 years.

Answering questions from activists at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, Mr Clegg said: «Garden cities are something I have been banging on about for years and Conservatives have been resisting for years.

She spoke Friday to an audience of about 250 labor leaders, elected officials, candidates for elected office and liberal activists at the annual Labor Day Breakfast held by the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council, AFL - CIO.

Obviously it appeals to Labour activists — both of them — but for liberal - lefties Lee sums it up quite well:

Should Perez have fallen short, the impact on Cuomo could have been even worse for the ire focused on Cuomo by liberal activists.

For many progressive activists and donors, Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign represented the evolution of their efforts to surpass Republicans in campaign sophistication and remake the Democratic Party as a liberal force.

Lord, a columnist for The American Spectator, has been harshly critical of the activist he tweeted at, Angelo Carusone, and the liberal group of which Carusone is president, Media Matters for America.