Sentences with phrase «next election approaches»

Mr Clarke says the stakes are high as the next election approaches.

Not exact matches

And although most Canadians dislike Harper and his approach to politics, their clout in the next election is diminished by the fact that their vote is split between opposition parties.

A Jean political action committee simultaneously market - tested and marketed this approach with a push - poll question blasted out this week to every Wildrose member: would you rather have a moderate non-ideological leader, or an ideological leader who might lose in the next election?

Graham's picture appears prominently in the ads, next to copy that reads, «As I approach my 94th birthday, I realize this election could be my last.»

I expect the various believer cults are going to get together with the GOP and take a very right wing approach to the next election.

But it appears that, depending on how the votes fall, the party could end up approaching the next General Election with a rather different policy platform to those upon which its previous electoral progress was built.

Though Election Day is fast approaching, much of the political news that revolves around speculation on a race for next year: the governor's race.

Akash Paun of the thinktank explains: «In a single party government, no matter how divided they may be, as you approach the next election all the incentives are to unify.

The drift apart begins because of policy differences in power and intensifies as the next general election approaches.

Hence the Lib Dems must not endorse this particular approach to fiscal policy, a compromise made for the purposes of this coalition, as Party policy for the next election.

As they approach next year's European elections, when they will be making the case for an in - or - out referendum while fighting on two fronts, they should also be reassured.

As the next general election approaches, the heady highs of partisanship will become ever more alluring to even the most pesky of Tory backbenchers.

As we approach the next election in 2015, we will only see the party structure strengthen, especially as the Tory Party will be campaigning back on its own manifesto with the aim of getting a majority.

It's too late now, of course, but a more democratic, voter - centric approach would have been to hold this election in November of next year.

Are the Conservatives now closing rank having tried out a few key ideas - Big Society, compassionate conservatism - only to now withdraw to the confines of a «safety first» approach, focused on winning the next election?

But as the next general election approaches, it's going to be harder and harder for David Cameron and Nick Clegg to hold the government together.

As next year's election season approaches, lawmakers in both parties will be less inclined to take risky votes.

«As others have said, whilst most members hold you in great esteem, the majority who have contacted me also recognise that you are not destined to become Prime Minister and hope that you will stand down at the earliest opportunity to allow our party to approach the next General Election with confidence.

While accepting the need to make some compromises with Nick Clegg's party they feel Cameron has given away too much to the coalition's junior party — and want the prime minister to be more assertive as the next general election approaches.

Cameron is likely to face increasing calls from the right wing of his party as the next general election approaches.

And if the electorate do next year revert to thinking somewhat about the UK during UK elections, albeit not enough to vote Labour, Salmond's logic is that the party's «I'll work with Labour» approach will not greatly upset people.

But as Professor John Curtice has said, the Scottish electorate is approaching next year's UK election still firmly fixated on what is good for Scotland.

He said the party would reach «double figures» in the next general election though a targeted approach, rather than the «scatter - gun» technique which saw them take four million votes but just one seat in the Commons last May.

As election approaches, we'll see more and more hispanic groups and civic leaders express their preference for Peter as the next Borough President.

And he is open about the fact that he approaches the issues from a more left - leaning perspective, something that might come in handy after the next election.

Congressional Democrats reaped modest gains in last week's hard - fought elections, which some observers here say could step up pressure for a more centrist, bipartisan approach to federal education policy on Capitol Hill next year, regardless of which candidate ultimately wins the White House.

Following a nationwide series of public hearings, the NAACP said it «rejects the emphasis on charter schools as the vanguard approach for the education of children, instead of focusing attention, funding, and policy advocacy on improving existing, low performing public schools...» Next year's election of a new State Superintendent will amplify the school wars.

The General Election in the UK is fast approaching and many schools are using it as a theme in next term's lessons.

«I think we've got to find ways to raise funds to be able to do this and at the very least try and delay it until the next provincial election and hopefully we'll have a change in government with a different approach.»

As Hansen goes on to point out, the Obama administration declined to push such an approach when the Democrats had large majorities in both houses of Congress, principally because the perceived the fee / tax on carbon would cost them in the next election.

Mr Cooke added that the next steps had to be complementary commitment to long - term funding against the implementation plan, outside election cycles, as part of the bi-partisan approach to close the gap.

Mr Cooke said the next steps had to be complementary commitment to long - term funding against the implementation plan, outside election cycles, as part of the bi-partisan approach to close the gap.

In a non-election year it's hard enough for the U.S. Congress to get anything done, and now that we're quickly approaching the midterm elections, progress on meaningful legislation is next to impossible.