Sentences with phrase «office as a stepping stone»

Mychajliw rejects arguments he's using his office as a stepping stone to something bigger.

«I believe somebody who serves as attorney general should be fully committed to that office, should not be using that office as a stepping stone or a pedestal for a higher office,» he said.

The candidacy of a 34 - year - old Bronx assemblyman — and veteran of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House — to become a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee has drawn more enthusiasm nationally than in his native borough, where party leadership perceives him as an overly ambitious interloper using his local office as stepping stone on his way to glory in Washington.

He is just not full of bravado Nor is he using the office as a stepping stone to further his career.

«If I wanted to run for office as a stepping stone to something else, there were a lot easier jobs to take,» she said.

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«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.

Both Democrats are eyeing the congressional seat as a stepping stone for a 2013 race for citywide office.

Gee, I miss the good old days when Nelson Rockefeller was Governor, and considered political office as a responsibility of his social standing — not as a stepping stone to something else.

«They are both career politicians looking to use the office of Comptroller as a stepping stone to higher office.»

The need for a truly independent bipartisan prosecutor in these political cases appears obvious and one may wish to consider restructuring the tenure of U.S. attorneys the way we do for federal judges so the role is not viewed as a stepping stone to another political office.

When Nick Clegg claimed he was in politics to fight for the poor and downtrodden, and then revealed he didn't have a clue what the state pension was, this writer's suspicion that he is a professional politician using the Liberal party as a stepping stone to higher office was confirmed, and now he is using the Tory Party as a stepping stone.

Further, in many districts, running for school board requires money and a social network, and the seat often serves as a stepping - stone for those who have the resources and ambition to run for higher office.

The assistant principal role is ideal to use as a stepping stone to the principals» office, NAESP Executive Director Gail Connelly says.

12 In the middle of the century, there were only a third as many women as men artists, but even this mildly encouraging statistic is deceptive when we discover that out of this relatively meager number, none had attended that major stepping stone to artistic success, the Ecole des Beaux - Arts, only 7 percent had received any official commission or had held any official office — and these might include the most menial sort of work — only 7 percent had ever received any Salon medal, and none had ever received the Legion of Honor.13 Deprived of encouragements, educational facilities and rewards, it is almost incredible that a certain percentage of women did persevere and seek a profession in the arts.

The article notes that state attorney general offices have increasingly served as a stepping stone to higher office.