Sentences with phrase «not alternative agendas»

Not exact matches

At the same time, Obama decided not to place a clear, ambitious agenda at the heart of his reelection campaign, focusing instead on a relentless effort to portray Mitt Romney as an unacceptable alternative.

The not - so - hidden agenda was to make evangelical Christianity the spearhead for social reform — at least partly, one suspects, to gain credibility for it as a theological alternative.

Not even the best - intentioned intellectual can avoid this agenda because of the imbalance between the way its pressures are felt (as subtle, reasonable and built into the fabric of institutional relations) and the way those of an alternative agenda are felt (as «outside,» diversionary, professionally unproductive).

Similarly, participants are encouraged in a way which can't quite be quantified by the way that Twitter offers them an alternative media presence, outside of the mainstream agenda.

If — and it's a big if — there does turn out to be a contested leadership battle and if — and it's another big if — John Reid has permanently improved his public image and it doesn't drop straight back down against once the news agenda moves on, then he appears to gone a long way towards positioning himself as the best alternative to Brown.

If we are not to be saddled with the unthinkable and be consigned to another term of this bunch of posh millionnaires; then Labour must get some Labour Movement convictions and give a real alternative to the crude Tory social agenda.

Like the NUT's tactics or not, the NUT's action has already been successful in putting an alternative education prospectus on the public agenda.

It is a sort of alternative institution that I hope has its heart in the right place, has the right agendas, and has an interest in different voices still very much alive that can speak to a larger audience less attached to an idea of an underground that doesn't exist anymore.

The fact is, I could write an entire book about why his declaration to wean us off oil (which was made more than two years ago) doesn't quite match up with the administration's continued agenda of impeding the growth of promising alternatives.