Sentences with phrase «national political climate»

Given the current national political climate in Canada with the Harper government and Alberta's dominance of the Canadian economy — the tar sands oil WILL be going somewhere.

That sort of cash disparity — if it continues — will complicate Republicans» ability to fully capitalize on what looks to be a very favorable national political climate.

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Reynolds acknowledged Tuesday that sagging poll numbers — the result of an unfavorable national political climate — has forced vulnerable incumbents in «some seats» to begin their campaigns sooner than they have in recent elections.

Note you write «current national political climate in Canada with the Harper government»... is Harper the government forever?

Despite the low turnout, Democrats may have a general election advantage due to Mangano's indictment and the national political climate, said Lawrence Levy, executive dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

«In the national political climate, passions are certainly high on both sides, and there's a real risk that there isn't accountability at the local level.»

She also said not being a career politician is an asset in a national political climate that has rewarded those outside the establishment.

While the findings of the Pew poll are not terribly new — Republican gubernatorial candidates won independents overwhelmingly in New Jersey and Virginia in 2009 as did Sen. Scott Brown earlier this year in Massachusetts — the level of changeability apparent in their voting patterns suggest they will keep the national political climate unstable for years to come.

That's amplified this year by a national political climate that is looking increasingly blue and the governor's own attacks on Donald Trump.

«In a national political climate that is hostile to public schools, we need a state budget that protects them,» Mulgrew said.

Pundits attributed his loss to a variety of factors, ranging from a poor campaign organization to a national political climate favoring Republicans

Here is where it gets interesting, because as much as the current political environment in Washington may seem increasingly unreceptive to an economy - wide cap - and - trade system or some other meaningful and sensible climate policy, there is one promising approach that could actually benefit from the national political climate.

The injunction — which freezes the mandate to reduce carbon pollution from the US power grid pending an appeals court ruling, presumably followed by an appeal to the high court — came on a 5 - 4 vote, just days before Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death roiled the national political climate.