Sentences with phrase «party leaders think»

It's as if state party leaders think they're honorary blacks just like our first black president (Bill Clinton) as a consequence of Democrat party affiliation, so it shouldn't matter that the candidates supported for statewide office are all lily - white (would» t want to drive suburbanites into the arms of the Repubs, now would we).

Like Sanders, Nixon sought to tap into Democrats who feel left behind by party leaders they think have been too cozy with corporate interests and Republicans.

The problem is more structural than anything - the party leaders think they «own» the votes of the party faithful.

So we have a Senator - elect mistaking a near - universal consensus for a 50/50 debate, while her party leader thinks nature is mostly responsible for rising greenhouse gas levels when it isn't.

Not exact matches

Wong, who was previously worked on investment and trade in jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's party, the People's Justice Party, thinks consumer loan defaults may begin to show an increase in about six moparty, the People's Justice Party, thinks consumer loan defaults may begin to show an increase in about six moParty, thinks consumer loan defaults may begin to show an increase in about six months.

Beijing wrapped up a meeting of top Communist Party economic leaders Wednesday by endorsing a document entitled «Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics.»

I think many British Columbians, much like Albertans, have shrunk from voting NDP because they were seen as a party of labour leaders, professors and what my father would call «parlor pinks.»

This party is incapable of mending its ways... its had 3 leaders in 8 years... I think the culture and entitlement of this party is too much baggage to carry it further....

The only two leaders whose thoughts are enshrined in the party's constitution are Mao Zedong and his successor Deng Xiaoping.

It's time for advocacy groups, think tanks, opposition parties and taxpaying Canadians to borrow from that 1980s - era slogan for MTV and tell their elected leaders, clearly and forcefully: «I want my $ 10,000 TSFA (back)!»

John, I like your explanation of Jim Prentice's departure but I think Jerrymacgp is right, resigning as party leader made perfect sense.

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It sounds rather evangelical, though Avakian is, as you may have guessed, a leftist, and in fact the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party» which seems, if we understand Revolution, the broadsheet on whose back page that quote appears, to think Mao too conservative.

Cruz has excelled at rubbing people the wrong way, but this has extended not only to the people that he thinks he's supposed to irritate (i.e., party leaders, Democrats, journalists, etc.) but to other conservatives and would - be allies in Congress.

Nevertheless, as a potential voter, I would prefer to think that the leaders of whichever party I favor have done everything they can to nominate a quality candidate before I have to make a choice.

Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she doesn't think the Democratic Party should consider support for abortion rights as a litmus test for its candidates.

If the leadership of the Tea Party / Republican Party think that they are going to score points by having their drug addict, hate mongering goon score points by attacking the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, they have seriously miscalculated.

As for the dangers, I think religion in general, and Christianity in particular, is ill served when leaders of the Religious Right proclaim what Christians as «people of faith» are going to do if a President or major party disagrees with them, as if they have been empowered to speak for all Christians or all people of faith.

Don't you think the pastor and the leaders of the church are gonna be excited and have a similar party to the one in heaven by the angels?

Amidst all the doom and gloom around Arsenal following a typically tough and trying month of November (maybe if the Gooner leader of the Labour party ever gets elected we could petition him to abolish the month altogether) I think we all got a bit carried away by the talk of an injury crisis.

i know that we need to keep both players, their importance to the team should be reflected in their wages, i'd like to see them get between 200 000/250 000 a week but they shouldn't hold us to ransom and ask for 300 000 like i read somewhere also they shouldn't take into account the reasons why they've been playing well (very well i should say) the fact that they are at the right club playing under a manager who gives them the freedom to express themselves on the pitch, teammates that respect them and see them as their leaders they must enjoy leading the team and the way our team plays its football, i think right now both the players and the club suit each other and the best outcome for all parties (including fans) would be to agree on contracts that satisfy everyone!!

On the night of the EU referendum at the leavers» party at Millbank Tower, the UKIP leader said both privately and on camera: «I still think Remain will edge it».

It's a real shame because even if he was not to make it as party leader, his presence would really shake up the debate and make the others think, if not answer things they may otherwise not be so comfortable in adderessing.

Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran sent a statement slamming the Republicans for being the «party of Joe Bruno» and «led by the son - in - law of President Nixon and the «Dean of dysfunction», which I think is a reference to Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

Michael Gove, Andrea Leadsom and Owen Smith for thinking they were party leader material?

«I think it's fantastic, it's great to see women leaders of the main parties in Scotland.

Edwards, a straight shooter who once proudly told me the state could use a little «bland» in its leadership after the upheaval we've seen in recent years, is reportedly sounding out party leaders to see what they think today's message should be.

I think many party leaders around the state are in the same boat.

But, in any case, I think that what we should really focus on, is what Corbyn has achieved as leader of the Labour Party.

«I am a bit concerned that a leader of a political party would seek to make capital out of this, because it is a minor issue, it does need resolving, I'm concerned by Nigel saying that people are becoming overly sensitive to Muslim communities, I think that makes it a far more divisive issue than it needs to be.»

I don't think it would be appropriate for a serious leader of his calibre to consult somebody who has supervised the disintegration of his party, sacked persons who hold contrary views to his, supervised bloodshed in his party and breeded experts in insults, on serious national issues.Ideologically you come from different dispositions but matured politicians bury ideological inclinations when it comes to deciding on certain sensitive issues.

Poll finds fewer than half of all Labour party members think their leader will win the general election

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking party leaders» thinking said.

Evan Harris argued, «I think the party will never accept a pact [with the Conservatives] and the leader will therefore never propose a pact.»

Republican leaders and activists don't seem to have realized that the last two elections may actually reflect real demographic and ideological shifts, which explains their Tea Parties, the anti-gay-marriage hysteria, the flight to the Hard Right, etc.: they're playing to the heirs of Nixon's Silent Majority, which they must still think is a real political force.

He told politics.co.uk: «We support Tim Farron's sacking [of Ward] and we think it shows a leader who's in control of his party and who doesn't tolerate racist or anti-Semitic individuals on a mainstream party ticket.»

DC: I didn't sack Michael Gove, what I did is... I don't think people understand but if you are a party leader or prime minister, one of the most important people in your life, let alone your job, is your chief whip and I asked Michael to do a job that I knew he'd do really well, which was to be chief whip, and that's the job he is doing extremely well.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

Tony Blair doesn't think much of the new leader of the Labour Party.

We asked what people had noticed and what had passed them by, what they thought the parties were trying to tell them and how believable (or otherwise) they found it, what mattered to them and what didn't, what they made of the leaders vying for their attention, which way they were leaning and what doubts stopped them making their minds up.

«But more than this we heard confident and fresh thinking from the Labour leader about how this party will repair our nation but also prepare us for the challenges ahead.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who allowed Labour MPs a free vote amid deep divisions in his party, warned against an «ill - thought - out rush to war».

As many as 50 Labour MPs are thought to support airstrikes, despite party leader Jeremy Corbyn's warning against an «ill thought - out rush to war».

I think British political leaders through out history can be fitted into the following 4 types, when it comes to the role of the state: Big Redistribution + Centralised State Big Redistribution + Decentralized State Small Redistribution + Centralized State Small Redistribution + Decentralized State The modernized wing of the labour party fit's basically in the first category, particularly post Credit Crunch.

When Andy Burnham himself went AWOL from his own «victory celebration» it made it clear what he thought of his party leader.

Just in time for Earth Day: A missive from the Working Families Party urging supporters to «tell Governor Cuomo and the leaders in Albany that you think hydrofracking should be banned before it has the chance to poison our water.»

This is not a foolproof measure: personal popularity rating can mislead us into thinking a party is unelectable if its leader is unpopular.

Indeed, I think it is quite possible to claim their electoral focus gives them a greater say - they have a huge carrot and stick to influence their party's leaders, because they find it much easier to oust them.

«Well I would think as the leader of the party, that I'm asking all Democrats to support the winner of these primaries,» the governor explained.

Ditching Brown gave Labour a popularity boost of around four percentage points, but political parties rarely think strategically when choosing replacement leaders.