Sentences with phrase «game changing election»

The game changing election of Donald Trump to President of the United States and the competitiveness implications for Canadian carbon pricing policies should be at the top of the agenda when First Ministers meet in December.

Not exact matches

More than three - quarters said the presidential election is a «game - changing» event that will have a major impact on the direction of the country.

Claiming Obama did nothing about Russian interference because he thought fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the election, Trump tweeted that «when I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.»

There is a certain pointlessness to any assessment of party fortunes in the general election campaign, simply because what has happened since May 6th has changed the rules of the game so completely.

As with the 1981 General Election, such a significant change in Dail representation levels will effectively prove a major «game changer» and could well shift the dynamics of electoral success decidedly towards / away certain political parties and political groups and could well act to accelerate the level of political change that may be associated with that eElection, such a significant change in Dail representation levels will effectively prove a major «game changer» and could well shift the dynamics of electoral success decidedly towards / away certain political parties and political groups and could well act to accelerate the level of political change that may be associated with that electionelection.

With such a wide data base, the disparate surveys strongly suggest that Thursday's leaders» debate was a game - changing event which could impact the result of the general election, probably by taking enough votes from the Tories to secure a hung parliament.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN)- Republican Norm Coleman's attorneys Monday sent a letter to the three judges overseeing the election trial asking them to reconsider their game - changing ruling from Friday that put significant limits on the types of rejected absentee ballots they want examined.

22/9 update from the Thurrock Gazette: «Basildon MP Angela Smith has admitted it may be difficult for her to retain her seat at the next election due to the boundary changes, but denied the game is over.»

And finally, find out the bizarre biology of the parasitic corpse flower, what's really behind the woolly mammoth's demise, and how a hipster hacker changed the presidential election game — it's all inside.

I was a fan of the writing duo's previous work, Game Change, about the 2008 elections (you may have also seen the HBO movie).

The director is Jay Roach, who made the Austin Powers movies and «Meet the Parents,» as well as HBO's fact - based political films «Recount» (about the 2000 presidential election) and «Game Change» (about Sarah Palin).

Heilemann is the co-author of the runaway international bestsellers GAME CHANGE and DOUBLE DOWN (on the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, respectively).

With GAME CHANGE, Heilemann and Halperin published what was widely hailed as the definitive account of the historic 2008 election.

In the wake of the 2012 election, Game Change is a timely engagement with the strange rules and standards of American politics.

While the 2008 election provided plenty of media fodder and resulted in Jay Roach's solid HBO movie Game Change, the 2016 election was truly unlike anything we've seen before.

Game Change, an HBO movie about the 2008 Republican presidential election campaign, stars Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, here a self - consumed rube who — in way over her head — cracks under the stress of the national spotlight and turns paranoid.

Halperin and Heilemann's book «Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime» was widely hailed as the definitive account of the historic 2008 presidential election, and was followed four years later by the New York Times bestselling sequel «Double Down: Game Change 2012.»

Directed by Jay Roach («Meet the Parents,» «Game Change «-RRB-, the film follows long - term congressman Cam Brady (Ferrell) who commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, causing a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district.

Back in 2012, HBO and director Jay Roach offered up a four - years - later post-mortem on the 2008 presidential election — and specifically the effects that dark horse vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wrecked upon it — in the form of the TV movie Game Change.

The director had recently signed on to another installment of the «Game Change» franchise at HBO, this time a miniseries based on an upcoming book about the 2016 presidential election from from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

«Game Change» director Jay Roach has been forced to defend his adaptation of the 2008 election story.

Roach has even had some success in recent years with the HBO election dramas «Recount» and «Game Change,» so it seems strange that he was afraid to push any boundaries here, because it was a big missed opportunity.

Hillary Clinton's version on why she lost the election: the game had changed.

But Merritt noted that some voters boasted online (in blog posts and chat rooms) about changing sides to game the elections.

«Last year, Higher Ground Labs invested in companies and entrepreneurs that provided game - changing technologies in Virginia's state elections and the Alabama Senate race,» said Ron Klain, chair of the Higher Ground board and former White House aide.