Sentences with phrase «issues than its opponents»

And for the Wildrose, a vote for the motion, even by one or two of that party's MLAs, would have done a lot of demonstrate the party is more moderate on social issues than its opponents claim.

Frank also refutes the argument proposed by the Log Cabin Republicans, that it is important to elect Republicans to Congress who are supportive of LGBT issues regardless of whether they are better on those issues than their opponents.

Not exact matches

Romney has taken the time to inform himself about the issues to the point that he can argue both sides of any issue better than most of his Republican opponents can argue any side of anything.

Land said he worried that when President Barack Obama's re-election campaign looks at the polling numbers, they will realize that Obama «has got no choice if he wants to get re-elected but to take the focus off of issues and start saying, «Well, my opponent's worse than I would be.»»

«Over a number of decades we were political opponents and held very different views on many, many issues but the one thing we were absolutely united on was the principle that our people were better able to govern themselves than any British government.

They were competitive in the AL East, in possession of a wild card at their worst, and even their stretch of poor play had them outscoring opponents and losing mostly due to the bullpen rather than any teamwide - issues.

IMHO, the only reason «gay marriage» is going anywhere is that its opponents put forth all sorts of distracting religious issues rather than focusing on freedom of association.

On the most important issues, Curran makes the case that she is that person more convincingly than her opponent, Jack Martins.

But it also says Kennedy is «a thousand percent better» on the labor - backed party's issues than his Republican opponent, Assemblyman Jack Quinn.

Republicans in local races are making an issue out of the Lopez scandal, either calling on Silver to resign as speaker for concealing more than $ 100,000 in settlement money paid to two of Lopez's victims, or challenging their Democratic opponents for not calling on him to step down.

Asked why he was thought Rice would be a better representative than Blakeman on issues related to Israel and other international conflicts, Schumer said: «I'm not going to say anything negative about the opponent... But I know Kathleen and I know that she will be a voice that people really listen to.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's issuing of an executive order that would extend voting rights to parolees in New York, impacting more than 35,000 people, drew criticism from his opponents on the left and the right.

Based on applause following their 90 - minute debate at the Woodland Pond senior - citizen complex in New Paltz on Monday, Julian Schreibman's moderate approach to issues resonated more with the elderly audience than Joel Tyner's sharp attacks on his opponent and at times moderator Gerald Benjamin.

Former councilman Sal Albanese, who has taken a more conservative approach to the issue than his Democratic opponents, accepted the court's decision, but castigated his opponents for being «unwilling to express even a modicum of support for our officers.»

«Our opponent's attempt to distract the voters from the real issues is nothing more than a last - ditch effort to gain traction before Election Day.»

After Labour leader Ed Miliband's bruising encounter with singer Myleene Klass on the same issue, an even more formidable potential opponent of his plans for a so - called «mansion tax» on properties worth more than # 2m looms large: Angelina Jolie.

Washington (CNN)-- Opponents of President Obama's approach to health care reform have outspent supporters by more than $ 7 million in the past 30 days in what has become the most expensive one year, single issue advocacy campaign on television in the nation's history.

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Rather than talk about the issues, his opponent would rather get dressed up and look like a fool,» grumbled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

BUT: The senator's legislative involvement with space issues has been negligible, and he has fewer specific programs for space exploration than his opponent.

By the time students reach adolescence, many believe that every issue comes neatly packaged in a pro / con format, and that the goal of classroom discussion, rather than to understand your opponent, is to defeat him.

This roughly means that the great DRM - debate isn't even a top three issue for most publishers, while opponents of digital rights» management, who argue against the artificial incompatibility of an ebook across multiple devices, have shown that DRM - free books are no more likely to be pirated than those that have impose constraints on them.

Fixed an issue on Snapper Canal causing players to walk faster on slopes inked in opponents» ink than originally designed.

I haven't had a single issue getting into a match, though panicked ducking, blocking, and pawing at my opponent probably left me a less than desirable opponent.

Many of the natural gas issue opponents acknowledge that natural gas is better than coal and oil, but feel we can get the gas from somewhere else.

Rather than setting off on an adversarial tone with the finder of fact trying to justify why you are there, the court's candor with counsel can be a fantastic segue to highlight the most contentious issues on the file and potentially pre-empt your opponent's biggest arguments.