Sentences with phrase «political mistake»

Supporters of Common Core have made some of the same political mistakes that opponents of gay marriage did.

«We made a bad political mistake in making that pledge... but actually the policy was perfectly sensible given the constraints we were operating under.

Reformers have made horrible political mistakes in concentrating programs in disadvantaged areas, means - testing participants, and focusing on options that are mostly of interest to lower income families.

While they have made some embarrassing political mistakes, enflaming conservative critics along the way (while also inheriting some of the old PC government's bad habits), Notley's NDP government has started to catch its stride.

Yet Andrew Cuomo views the ’84 convention speech as the biggest political mistake his father ever made.

Should he succeed in killing the Iran deal, he will be saving the Democrats from what appears to be a grave political mistake.

It was a sociological and possibly political mistake to call it fusion.

When he finally left government he reflects that it was at a time of political populism with policy driven by media headlines and soundbites and he condemns Cameron's decision to hold a referendum on the UK «s membership of the EU, the «worst political mistake made by any British Prime Minister in my life time».

The second argument gives greater precision to the thinking of Rabshakeh, It relates to the political mistake of Hezekiah.

Aside the below average performance of the «youthful governor», another problem standing in the way of the youths is the mirrored opinion of the vast majority of Nigerians that the character hitherto exhibited by some of these power seeking youths have neither been impressive nor exemplary with many shedding their deep - seat fears about handing power over to them, as it could translate into a political mistake with a heavy price.

Three of the Democratic candidates for mayor have been cautious in their reactions, trying to defuse the tension while avoiding any political mistakes.

«I think Mr Trump's somewhat knee - jerk reaction to this, saying that all Muslims should be banned from coming into America was perhaps for him a political mistake too far..

«It was a political mistake.»

To cede this ground to Democrats is an enormous policy and political mistake.

The warm's political mistake is believing that I think it's «crazy» and would opposed replacing them.

Their subsequent insistence that cap - and - trade was a political mistake, and that instead of that big zero - sum fight we should invest in clean - energy innovation without raising the cost of non-renewable energy, further infuriated environmentalists.