Sentences with phrase «liberal base»

But Sanders is drawing support from New York's liberal base of Democratic voters as well as the labor - aligned Working Families Party.

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.

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.

These documents show that an entire strategy was developed by the B.C. Liberals based on using taxpayer dollars for their own partisan purposes.

The «Yes on 8» campaign got attention, not only for taking a forward - thinking and integrated approach to using the Internet, but for demonstrating that having a younger, more liberal base doesn't necessitate Web prowess.

The only way they can hold the existing party together is to hope for an evolution in thought over the next 4 years, producing a more socially liberal base (possible... but won't happen quickly) or to have some other very large even occur which puts the dems in such a bad light as to lift the pressure (possible, but won't reverse the social trends).

Thomas Keck, a Democratic activist from Syracuse, is among members of Balter's liberal base outraged by what they view as the latest example of meddling by the national party to undermine grassroots candidates in favor of those who have ties to the party's establishment.

The entrance of O'Donnell and / or Holtzman into the race would complicate things for certain members of the already - crowded field, particularly Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, who is currently the only woman in the running, and Sen. Eric Schneiderman, whose Manhattan liberal base would be cut into by Holtzman.

It's not a new tactic for upstate Republicans running for state office: link rival Democrats to New York City, where more than half of state lawmakers come from, and promise to stand against that big liberal base.

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.

In the case of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, if he is gay, it would have been huge if he had been out of the closet at the time (1977 - 1989) but it should also be remembered that he was generally more conservative as mayor than congressman, as he had to appeal to a more diverse electorate than just his previous liberal base.

Many right wing newspapers allow a mostly liberal based editorial section to give the appearance of objectivity and fool readers that way into thinking that that actual articles in the paper are not right wing.

As Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo successfully beat back a left - leaning challenge in Tuesday's primary, he's left with questions over whether the state's liberal base of supports will support him moving forward.

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.

But he faced a backlash from the liberal base itself.

His first term was marked by complaints from his liberal base that he had been too conciliatory toward Republicans.

A Liberal base in Fort McMurray, which elected MLA Adam Germain in the 1993 election, has near completely eroded with that party earning 3 % of the vote in both constituencies.

Here's what Pete says: Mr. Obama's speech was not a call to unity; it was a summons to his liberal base to fight — on global warming, for gay rights, for gun control, for renewable energy, and for a diminished American role in world affairs.

The liberal base (unions, WFP, tenants) would be very energized and would work like crazy for him.

But the WFP has sought to harness the increasingly activist wing of the liberal base in the state.

The party's liberal base is demanding a more aggressive response to Trump.

This explains the domination of Huffington Post retweets and BuzzFeed videos that appeal to social media's liberal base.

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

The liberal base can't stand him.

Schneiderman, then a state senator, emerged as the victor after garnering support from the party's liberal base.

Gyory, a former advisor to several Democratic governors and now at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, says Cuomo is in better position, considering he has spent this term successfully pushing issues friendly to the liberal base of the Democratic Party, like paid family leave and a $ 15 minimum wage.

Unlike Eliot Spitzer, felled by a prostitution scandal, Schneiderman enjoyed a solid reputation among his liberal base.

He has been out of office for six months, but House Democrats have recruited former Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy in the fight to rally the liberal base.

In a week when politicians try to bury news amid the Christmas rush, Mr. de Blasio said that he would grant six weeks of paid parental leave to 20,000 city employees, one of the most generous policies of its kind in the country and red meat for his liberal base.

This is all well and good for Cuomo, who, if he runs for president, will have to perform that classic two - step: winning over a liberal base first, a general electorate second.

If advocate and actress Cynthia Nixon runs for governor, her campaign will likely call into question Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push for issues important to the Democratic Party's liberal base, questioning whether he is progressive enough to lead New York.

«Here's what Ted Cruz doesn't understand about us: We are proud of our New York values,» de Blasio says in an appeal to his liberal base.

His remarks, given at the Radisson Hotel outside of Albany, ratcheted up the rhetoric against Cuomo, who has emphasized issues in recent months friendly to the liberal base of the Democratic Party, including a minimum wage increase to $ 15.

Astorino, who has the backing of the state Conservative Party, also knocked Cuomo for shifting his agenda in order to shore up support among the liberal base of the party.

Arcuri's «no» vote cost him the support of some of his liberal base, including several labor unions and the Working Families Party, a line he has carried in previous elections.

that is otherwise known as the Liberal base.

«We think Bill de Blasio is vulnerable... We see him as particularly vulnerable when it comes to his liberal base.»

It's fair to ask whether Bottcher's appointment sends a message about how serious Cuomo is about gay marriage or whether it's just a nod to his liberal base.

De Blasio has also faced criticism from his liberal base that some of his policies, such as his support of «broken windows» policing and his plan to rezone 15 city neighborhoods, do not jibe with his campaign promises to end what he called «a tale of two cities» in New York.

Her position is cheered by her liberal base — which plays an important role in a Democratic primary — because it has long sought more state and local funding for public schools and for progressive state programs.

There is strong opposition to hydraulic fracturing among Cuomo's liberal base of voters.

Back then, many liberals were disappointed by their party's leaders and felt they gave only lip service to their liberal base.

Nothing like using racism to stir the liberal base.

As Liz noted in her Capital New York column, Cuomo's support for public financing is a key policy item for the liberal base of the Democratic Party.

liberal base; and portions of the independent center.

(Remember how well that — failed — endorsement of former Republican Sen. Steve Saland played with the liberal base?)

De Blasio's attack plays well to his liberal base, which no longer trusts Cuomo.