Sentences with phrase «lost key leaders»

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Long said he set up a post-primary conference call Wednesday in which all but one key party leader (Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who challenged Lazio for the party's nod and lost) were invited to participate.

The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.

Again, as the Populus poll for Lord Ashcroft found, in two key determinants of long - term voting behaviour - party leader standing and economic trustworthiness - they were still losing in this constituency.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

We must not lose the discipline that was the key achievement of Michael Howard's time as leader.

Afterwards Conservative leader David Cameron mocked Armstrong during an exchange with Tony Blair, saying «She must be the first Chief Whip in history to put the Prime Minister in the frame for losing a key vote — which is an interesting career move, to say the least.»

Meg, that's an excellent point: I think that job seekers often lose sight of the fact that poor mechanics can be overlooked but strategic focus — a key trait in a leader — is an inexcusable error.