Sentences with phrase «political gambit»

Check back for more details on Governor Malloy's hollow political gambit on the Common Core SBAC farce.

He said that the 6.1 % interest rates being charged on student debts are «indefensible», and that the scale of debt and interest rates is «about as bad a political gambit as you could imagine».

Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is once again in the news for the perceived incorrectness of his political gambit ahead of...

Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is once again in the news for the perceived incorrectness of his political gambit ahead of the scheduled July 1 local government election in the state.

But they fitted the Government's narrative as well as playing to the Conservatives» key audiences, which means they can stand as more than just a political gambit to make life difficult for the two Eds.

It wouldn't be wrong to call this a political gambit, given that Cuomo offered it far too late in the session for the Legislature to act, and given, too, his steady habit of claiming control when it suits him and shirking stewardship when it doesn't.

The Daily News deems Cuomo's effort to take more control of the MTA a «political gambit» since it comes so late in the session, but then says: «Even political gambits can be meaningful.»

Not exact matches

The political turn for The Swift Life is particularly interesting due to the fact that the pop singer herself famously avoids taking any political stance (with some critics arguing that her neutrality is a gambit aimed at maintaining the broadest possible appeal), with Swift even declining to denounce racist supporters who call her an «Aryan goddess.»

Yahya's political party, in the latest gambit, has gone to court to halt the inauguration of Barrow, on the basis that Jammeh's challenge of the electoral result, has not been decided by the country's Supreme Court.

Especially in light of the waiver gambit's questionable status, and the political battle over the implementation of Common Core reading and math standards (which the waiver gambit helped support), the Obama Administration can do little more than be all talk and no action.

And indoctrination into the neoliberal philosophy runs the gambit — from political propaganda to training within the public education system.

That they continuously backed Obama's reckless, shoddy, bumbling, and counterproductive No Child waiver gambit, which essentially eviscerated the law and paved the way for congressional Republicans and traditionalists to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act, means that the best of the president's political legacy on education policy (including Race to the Top) will probably end up in history's ashbin.