Sentences with phrase «increasingly liberal base»

Not surprisingly, potential Democratic presidential contenders — who would have to cater to the party's increasingly liberal base in the Democratic primaries — were equally aghast.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan budget deal that dodged a key immigration issue Thursday revealed a rift that could haunt Democrats for years: one between moderates such as Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and potential presidential candidates — including Schumer's New York colleague, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand — who may want to appeal to the party's increasingly liberal base.

The bipartisan budget deal that dodged a key immigration issue revealed a rift that could haunt Democrats for years: one between moderates such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential presidential candidates — including Schumer's New York colleague, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — who may want to appeal to the party's increasingly liberal base.

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That said, Iceland's remoteness, its fishing - and tourism - based economy, and its independence from the EU have spared the country from immigration and globalization pressures and allowed the Pirate liberal agenda to stay liberal, largely free from the nativist tones that are increasingly dominating protest movements in Europe and the U.S..

From the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for years.