Sentences with phrase «much as a democrat»

Trickledown is as much as a Democrat theory as Republican.

«This is going to be a referendum on me and my record, and as much as Democrats are going to try to run against Donald Trump in Westchester, they have to run against me and what we've done here,» Astorino said in a radio interview Tuesday.

He seized on that moment, a moment created by Republicans just as much as Democrats, to push Paterson out of the Governor's race.

Would a Republican enjoy this movie as much as a Democrat?

As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY.»

Not exact matches

The debate over legislation to overhaul Obamacare is getting increasingly heated, with Senate Democrats reportedly planning to gum up the works in the Senate as much as possible to protest the GOP's secretive approach to drafting the legislation (there is still no bill text available).

However, given that about half of the survey participants self - identified as Republican and only 20.67 percent identified as Democrat, these results aren't much of a surprise.

Perry, who also ran for president in the 2012, making much of his five years in the U.S. Air Force, was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat 1984, but he switched party affiliations in 1990.

The panel's top Democrat, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, hinted as much on Friday, saying the «American people deserve to learn about Senator Sessions» record.»

For Democrats, who traditionally rely on young voters as a core part of their coalition, the picture isn't much prettier.

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

Trump's controversial picks for CIA and Veterans Affairs are a perfectly timed gift to Democrats who argue nominees need as much time as possible for review, not less.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals» much - needed review of the Fraser Health Authority is barely progressing as hospital overcrowding and hallway medicine compound a superbug outbreak at Royal Columbian Hospital,» say the New Democrats.

As for the Senate, the Republicans» margin of control is much slimmer (51 to 49, if we include the two independents that often vote with the Democrats).

If the sequester happens, the most likely scenario (as I see it) is that public pressure will result in some House Republicans allying with the House Democrats and a large majority in the Senate to restore the cuts after some face saving compromise that doesn't save the Republicans much face.

She's about as much indian as I am part bulldog.I wonder why the left doesn't call her out for being a manipulative, lying, schemer.Even the left's God (Billy Maher) did a nw rules where he said» if you have to declare what percentage indian you are, you're not indian» years ago.What she did was criminal, offensive, and telling of how democrats operate.

To the extent that Democrats soft - pedal their support of abortion to working - class voters, Democratic party affiliation may not shift public sentiment on abortion as much as Beauchamp suggests.

There is a political factor, with twice as many Democrats saying politicians talk too much about religion as Republicans.

Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose morals and weak support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself as conservative and would grow to include Democrats as well as Republicans.

You don't see democrats all over t.v nearly as much as the republicans.

Those speculations are undermined by the fact that the amendment was added to bring some hesitant conservative Democrats on board, but it took Christian progressives by surprise as much as anyone.

Realitybites You're about as much of a lifelong Democrat as I am a space alien.

You're about as much of a lifelong Democrat as I am a space alien.

But do Christians (republican or democrat) help as much as we should in giving our money, time and resources we have been blessed with, as the Bible teaches?

i think the Bible has as much harsh things to say to Republicans as it does Democrats.

Mormons are democrats and republicans but they probably feel bad that a member of their faith gets so much negative slanted stuff from media about him (Even from others of his Faith on the left like Reid who falsly said he never paid taxes and «isn't the face of mormonism» because he has sullied his religion (but reid only plants that rumor and does nt back it up) He is no angel i'm sure, but I doubt he is as bad as media protrays.

Democrats will need a robust training system to make sure that staff can get as much value out of this development as possible — what good is data if you don't know how to act on it?

The talk of tax cuts come as New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio is seeking a tax increase on the wealthy from Albany in order to fund universal pre-kindergarten, a move that faces an uncertain future at the Capitol (Assembly Democrats and IDC Sen. Jeff Klein support it, the Senate Republicans not so much and Cuomo says he wants more information on the plan).

Faso notes that Spitzer, like Cuomo, touted himself as a «different» kind of Democrat (although he didn't seek to woo disaffected Republicans and independent nearly as much as the current AG is doing), and notes the White Knight of Wall Street turned out to be not what he seemed.

Much of the coverage of the defund - Obamacare movement has focused on the boost its given to conservative groups, as we saw last week, but Democrats have seized on today's Congressional deadline in a big way.

As in 2004, both parties have taken radically different approaches to online - offline organizing, with the Republicans seemingly trying to channel supporters narrowly into certain activities, like walking their precinct and talking to registered Republicans, while the Democrats appear to be encouraging a much - more freewheeling array of user - generated activity on their site, presumably in the hopes of drawing more supporters in and then turning them toward party - building work by Election Day.

But look at how well Doug performed with very little time to campaign, and with not as much money as his democrat opponent.

Skelos was an embracement but Democrats have proven themselves to be much more corrupt as measured by arrests over the last 10 to 15 years.

«The problem with that is when Democrats adopt the worst part of the rhetoric of the Tea Party movement, the distrust of incumbents, per se, it's not just an attack on me, it's an attack on Andrew Cuomo — as much as he and I are parallel in our experiences as part of the Albany government,» Brodsky argued.

Its not about the past as much as it is about the future, a future that Democrats want to make more expensive.

While the Hollande wish to re-open the treaty is worrying the German government, the leader of the German Social - Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, is doing his best to give as much support as possible to Hollande.

That much Republicans and Democrats can agree on as they vie for control of the narrowly divided Senate chamber next year.

Not only did the Liberal Democrats alienate left - leaning voters by entering the coalition, but its leaders did as much as David Cameron and George Osborne to brand Labour as spendthrift and irresponsible — Nick Clegg by playing up the comparison between the UK and Greece, David Laws by brandishing the now - notorious note from Liam Byrne.

As Cuomo increasingly seeks to position himself at the national level, potentially with an eye on a future White House run, by embracing a host of liberal policy proposals, look for the Senate Democrats and their allies to keep up the «we could accomplish so much more together» drumbeat, even though at this point it's pretty much a done deal that the Republicans and the IDC have renewed their power - sharing relationship.

And he's simply not movable on that issue, much like former Bronx Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., another conservative Democrat and deeply religious man, (he's a reverend), could not be counted on as a «yes» on pretty much anything abortion related.

As Colin noted last week, much hay has been made over the Democrats» End - of - the - Quarter...

Labour and some in the Liberal Democrats might sneer at it as crowd pleasing stunts but they shouldn't ignore how much traction issues like this have on the average doorstep.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is using Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free college tuition plan as yet another example of how much more the governor might be able to accomplish if only his fellow Democrats controlled the upper house.

As Colin noted last week, much hay has been made over the Democrats» End - of - the - Quarter «Email Deluge» concluding on September 30th (though I say «conclude» lightly).

Much of New York's political class — particularly the Democrats — has decamped, as they typically do after Election Day, for Puerto Rico, where the Somos el Futuro fall conference is taking place.

The coalition agreement, for example, seemed to reflect the Liberal Democrats» ideological position at least as much as it did the Conservatives».

As you'll see in our highlight reel, the speeches displayed much of what Team Cuomo has going for it; four years in office with some significant legislative accomplishments, nearly universal support from elected Democrats and their political organizations, enormous amounts of state money spent over the past four years which, whether well spent or not produces support from recipients, and a powerful speaker at the top of the ticket.

Wisconsin Democrats have made a concerted effort to make what's referred to as a «John Doe investigation» — conducted at first in secret by state authorities — a campaign issue in the gubernatorial recall election, though the issue hasn't garnered much attention outside the state.

Note also that the correlations between Liberal Democrat and UKIP change are just as strong as for the other two parties, but the Lib Dems are reaching the point where it is hard for them to fall much further than they did in 2012.

But the Democrats should have the edge in a bidding war, since the electoral math will probably be much easier for each of the members in their own districts if they're running as Democrats against Republicans than the other way around.