The phrase
"political maneuver" refers to a deliberate action taken by someone in politics to gain an advantage or achieve a specific goal. It usually involves strategies, plans, or tactics employed to navigate or influence the political landscape.
Full definition
His focus is not on
political maneuvering in order to maintain a position, but rather on actually governing — encouraging collaboration among all parties and serving all of New Paltz, not being biased towards those who serve some personal agenda.
North Korean officials approached their southern counterparts in an effort to give their athletes a chance to compete, but the discussions and agreement have been batted about
as political maneuvers designed to make North Korea look better (and steal the show) while driving a wedge in between the U.S. and South Korea.
It's also unclear as to whether Domscheit - Berg will make public comment on the content of releases, or use it
for political maneuvering as some accuse Assange of doing.
In an effort to cut down
on political maneuvering when the selection of casinos operators heats up, Cuomo's bill bans potential vendors from making campaign contributions to elected officials.
The extraordinary
political maneuvering came after conservative bloggers revealed tawdry tweets from a 17 - year - old Delaware girl whom Weiner «followed» on Twitter.
But superintendents should not be worrying
about political maneuvering or the next election, their focus should be on their school district without outside distractions.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos calls the abortion provision a «
political maneuver designed to curry favor with the extremists who want to expand late - term abortion».
But through a combination of
shrewd political maneuvering and a consistent campaign messaging, de Blasio found himself surging as primary day approached.
- There is a reason besides
just political maneuvering that cutting tax rates is called a pro-growth policy, and that is because it works
The way that Lincoln
used political maneuvering, common sense and a little bit of shady deal - making is inspiring and fills me with hope.
Vargas and Reid will discuss the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, immigration policy in the United States, and community reaction to
recent political maneuvering.
More political maneuvering will be needed as the economic reality awaiting Greeks hits home and the more radical Syriza lawmakers read the fine print.
After it turned out that the firm that had done consulting work for the Trump campaign was harvesting information on 50 million Facebook users without their permission, an undercover TV report revealed that it's also been trying its hand at some more... old -
school political maneuverings.
The school fell victim to the same type of
political maneuvering which led to the eradication of «ethnic» studies in elementary and secondary school curricula throughout the state.
The ability to reimagine these slaves beyond the terms of labor and tradable goods, beyond flesh - entrapped notions of sexuality, even beyond the
intricate political maneuvering arising around this global phenomenon, creates a fragile space of genuine humanity within the impersonal, imperial reign of globalization.
Any semantic nitpicking between the definitions is simply that... semantic nitpicking — and often simply a matter of
political maneuvering rather than adhering to any universal definitions.
This year's debate has been marked thus far by unusually
naked political maneuvering on the part of the city and state's elected officials and special interest groups.
In the past few weeks, we've sat back and witnessed the Speaker's race unfold, a rather dramatic event wrought with
vicious political maneuvering and backhanded deals.
Calling for «a coalition of the rational» to override the committee, Hein charged that «
petty political maneuvers» by Bernardo had «once again put in danger the best interests of taxpayer and those most needy in our community.»
Through
deft political maneuvering, Cuomo and a group of activists, advocates and political donors were able to sway the Republican - controlled Senate to allow for a vote on the issue while getting some Republicans to vote for the measure.
Silver received nearly $ 4 million to
make political maneuvers that benefited a doctor at Columbia University as well as the Witkoff Group and Glenwood Management.
Through
adroit political maneuvering, Parete managed to secure both the Democratic and Republican nominations for Marbletown town supervisor at party caucuses before anyone went to the primary polls.
«This was added as an amendment» and «suggests some
real political maneuvering without subjecting it to public scrutiny,» Sprigg said.
The revenue to be raised would be equal to the $ 2.3 billion that would be lost because of the amendment, which he called a «reckless and
dangerous political maneuver.»
A Senate GOP spokesman, Scott Reif, declined to say if there are any plans to do so, but said in a statement that the Democrats» efforts to close the LLC loophole were a «
blatant political maneuver to tilt the playing field even further in their direction.»
Someday, students of
Machiavellian political maneuvering will read about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to legalize casino gambling in New York and the way he used the issue to wring money and concessions out of the state's tribal gaming operators.
If Gov. Cuomo fails to do so he will face a steady erosion of his favorability ratings, which once in play has no easy way to remedy with
future political maneuvering.
The
G.O.P. political maneuver reflects the public's growing displeasure with the state's implementation of the new Common Core.
But the vote marks a
key political maneuver for the small group of breakaway Democrats - including Sen. David Valesky, D - Oneida - who have faced criticism for joining with Senate Republicans to run the chamber.
The announcement comes after weeks of high -
level political maneuvering in which Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to help push for a healing of the political rift as part of a deal to gain the union - backed Working Families Party support in his re-election bid this year.
And then we'll see where we wind up,» he said, declaring once again his desire to steer clear of
political maneuvering until after the budget is passed.
«I call upon you to examine the circumstances of the judge's decision to resign and to determine who in the county office building or elsewhere contacted him requesting his resignation from the judgeship in order to facilitate a
partisan political maneuver,» Smyth wrote Schneiderman.
The rest probably depended on the Mongols» brilliant cavalry skills,
smart political maneuvering and savvy adaptions of urbanized peoples» technologies.)
Stone, working from Stanley Weiser's screenplay, devotes the lion's share of W.'s running time to the
various political maneuverings that occur following 9/11, though the movie often flashes back to Bush's early days as an aimless, heavy - drinking layabout.