Sentences with phrase «more substantive debate»

The more substantive debate is between those who believe a convention would merely replicate the puppet show of monied interests that too often passes for state government.

Not exact matches

Several of us noticed a similar effect during the Democratic YouTube debate this summer — citizens asked better and more substantive questions of politicians than had reporters or the moderator at previous candidate debates.

That move reduced the debate to something not much more substantive than timing.

Echoing more the calm and substantive public advocate debate from Monday than the rowdy, unproductive October 10 mayoral debate, on Tuesday evening the Democratic and Republican candidates for comptroller, incumbent Scott Stringer and Michel Faulkner, respectively, met for their sole debate ahead of Election Day, November 7.

While attacks flew throughout the night, largely from Malliotakis and Dietl toward de Blasio, on more substantive matters, the debate was largely a two - person contest, between de Blasio and Malliotakis, a sitting Republican state Assembly member.

For example, she reports that some School - Based Decision - Making Councils get so caught up in developing their bylaws and modifying them «to fit some nuance of administrivia» that they spend more time engaged in «ceremonial debate» than «substantive discussion.»

I would have also liked to have seen a more substantive discussion of the political points that are being debated in this election.

Renewable - fuel standard — Congress laid the foundation for this strange - bedfellow debate in 2013, and next year could bring more substantive action, depending on whether gasoline prices go up and how that affects ethanol prices.

The more substantive problem with the argument, if we take it at face value, is it's own inability to understand the terms of the climate debate.

My personal pet peeve in the climate debate is how much time is wasted on arguments that are largely spurious, while more substantive and interesting subjects receive short shrift.

December 29, 2014 Christopher Colford, «The Partnership that Spurred an Energy Revolution,» October 23, 2014 Walter Russell Mead, «Your Questions About the Shale Boom Answered,» October 5, 2014 Jim Manzi, «The New American System,» April 2014 Michael Levi, «Top Five Most Influential Energy and Climate Studies of 2012,» December 20, 2012 Brad Plumer, «Want A More Substantive Obama - Romney Debate On Energy and Climate?