Sentences with phrase «on wedge issues»
For Democrats, the anti-Paladino commercial represents a growing conviction that Mr. Paladino must be portrayed as an extremist who shares little in common with mainstream New Yorkers, and even some Republicans, on wedge issues like abortion.
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Go educate yourselves before you attack someone on a wedge issue of limiited importance.
Not exact matches
The debate, broadcast live from Las Vegas on MSNBC, was to focus on «Black - Brown issues,» but USHCC promised to wedge its agenda in among many competing agendas.
Spotting a powerful wedge issue, Justin Trudeau committed to rejecting the Enbridge pipeline and legislating a crude oil tanker ban on British Columbia's North Coast.
This could include trying to drive a wedge on Site C, LNG, Proportional Representation — any issue where the feds see a bit of daylight between Green leader Andrew Weaver and the NDP Premier.
That makes support for elite private schools an effective wedge issue that works for parties like Mr. Kenney's UCP — as long as no one figures out the impact of this level of support on public schools.
Even when they had the White House (George W) and both Houses of Congress the GOP never even introduced, much less voted on, any bill banning abortion, allowing prayer in school, banning gay marriage or any other of the wedge issues they use to attract a certain mentally deranged segment of the population to their side by pretending to defend those things that are important to Christian conservatives.
Just another cooked up wedge issue the republicans are jumping on to get some bandwidth.
One progressive Catholic group made political hay out of Santorum's weak showing among Ohio Catholics, emailing reporters a statement titled «Santorum campaigns on divisive wedge issues, promptly loses Catholic vote.»
When you pro-life contradictions stop acting like life begins at conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged cause.
Ironic that fundamentalist Christians insist on dividing the nation with wedge issues that have lead to gridlocked, ineffective politics.
In conclusion, I hope this post will not be used as another wedge driven between Christians who disagree on the difficult and complex issues involved.
@I'm not a GOPer, nor do I play one on TV - «No doubt — but they didn't just happen to «grab religion» as a wedge issue.»
If we can be 100 % confident of our statistics, it will be an important wedge issue persuading social liberals to call time on the orange book tendency and get out of the coalition.
Since the stated rationale is already changing, it's pretty obvious that the goal here is to make trans people a wedge issue on the left.
It's just a wedge issue that both parties have taken stances on.
But the issue also polls well in New York State, and it's an easy way to wedge Republicans who are less - than - eager to cast a vote — any vote at all — on a controversial issue like abortion.
Oxford, England — Rep. Michelle Bachmann and her cohort of right - wing Republicans are using identity, religion, and race as a permanent wedge issue — most recently in their unsubstantiated attack on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Muslim aide Huma Abedin.
Instead of using immigration reform as a wedge issue, like many leaders in Washington, Utah passed legislation to help manage immigration based on our real economic needs.
Rick Lazio has a press conference with a 9/11 victims» relatives to call on Albany to «investigate» construction of a Mosque near Ground Zero, which is rapidly becoming a wedge issue for Republicans, Maggie Haberman notes.
But ultimately 73 Democrats defied Pelosi and helped Republicans reopen the federal government without a single concession on immigration, the wedge issue in the faceoff.
Rather than talk about his coming fiscal plans — including how he'll push to use a projected $ 6.2 billion surplus — the governor's campaign has leaned on social wedge issues, including abortion.
Due to the razor - thin policy differences — they eventually drifted apart on the minimum wage and infrastructure funding — the candidates instead sought to differentiate themselves by wedge issues, namely residency.
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To hide this issue on cooler days I thought of pairing this with a denim jacket or white blazer / white pants and heels or wedges?
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«An issue with animal safety is that a pet's toenails or pads can become wedged in the holes of the grates they stand on,» says Caples.
Whether she deals with complex gender or political issues, or questions the pressures on Arab artists who are wedged between local and international expectations — a dose of lightheartedness serves as a strategy to open up conversation.
David Roberts has a must - read post up on Grist, «Clean energy is a wedge issue that favors Democrats».
«Ten years on, it's a wedge issue between the far right and left to beat up on each other.»
Beyond the wedge issues of the culture wars, such as gun control and abortion, the one thing all presidential candidates can agree on is improving the economy.
Couples therapy touches on issues relating to religion, finances, and communication — common issues couples have; however, if you can not navigate your way through them, these issues have the ability to drive a wedge between you and your partner.