Sentences with phrase «local campaigning seems»

However, local campaigning seems to be of much more value to challengers than to incumbents.

Not exact matches

When I surveyed the state and regional political blogs in the BlogAds network a few weeks ago, I was shocked at how few campaigns were bothering to advertise on sites that would seem to be precisely targeting the local activists they'd most want to reach.

With last week's dissolution of Parliament and local elections now behind us, it seems an auspicious time to look at what the initial skirmishes of the general election can tell us about the upcoming campaign.

It seems fairly obvious that Make the Road, which receives millions of dollars from local and state government to provide social services, is siphoning some of that money to an ostensibly independent «Action Fund» in order to campaign for elected officials who will, lo and behold, allocate money to Make the Road.

As a German, it seems to be very strange to not give control of huge sums of campaign money to local parties but to self professed «leading lobbyist» who also takes money from corporations to advocate the agenda of those corporations.

Sheehan and McLaughlin have made a point to make social and cultural issues central to their campaigns and seem intent on making it known that they are a part of the diverse community in Albany — whether that be through campaigning in multicultural neighborhoods or holding parties in local LGBTQ hotspots.

``... an active campaign against my leadership by a local Momentum organiser, being called a neo-Nazi by some Corbyn t - shirt wearing person outside the Labour Party Conference, and events at a national level targeting Labour Councillors and Labour Councils that do not conform to the particular form of ideological purity that seems to have taken a grip of the party...»

UKIP would seem unlikely to win here, but are not totally out of the running if they can build up a strong local campaign.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The government has recently launched a new advertising campaign for teacher recruitment but larger trusts themselves can build a «brand» as an employer and take steps to promote the profession in their local communities — it seems we may have to take on more of the functions that we have traditionally expected government to fulfil.

Well, regretfully, to an ever - growing number of state and local legislators who don't seem to spend a whole lot of time thinking critical — unless of course it will lead to larger contributions to their campaign funding — it does.

Without a multiplayer mode — aside from a baffling 1v1 local play, which while appreciated seems an odd choice over full multiplayer — the two campaigns serve as the meat of the game, allowing you to take up arms as either the Numantians or the Roman forces intent on conquering Iberia, which is modern - day Spain.

Upon opening the game, you may select either a singleplayer campaign whose 10 levels seem inspired by arcade classics like Smash TV, or a local multiplayer option.