Sentences with phrase «political points at»

They may even earn political points at home for defaulting.

But somehow, I doubt that it's going to make much difference, other than giving Republicans a way to score a few cheap political points at Democrats» expense.

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On stage, He couldn't help pointing out that the U.S. and Britain were struggling with isolationist political movements at home.

A number of people pointed out in response to Telnaes» tweet that most newspapers leave President Barack Obama's daughters out of their political criticism and editorial cartoons, even though they regularly appear with the president at political events.

In the other 8 cases, the incumbent party lost, including at least 3 of the biggest political turning points in US history (1860, 1932, 1980).

«We are at a point where [Trump] has a real shot at the presidency, despite having blown up a political party, undermined confidence in our electoral system, declared open season on journalists, and unleashed a river of racism and misogyny.

«It is easy to point the finger at failed political leadership.

What is now pointed at political issues can be easily directed at a competitor in business.

When I was a senior in college I attended an inspiring conference at West Point called the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs, which paired political science majors with cadets in the hopes of building future civilian - military relationships.

Dali Yang, a Chinese - born political scientist at the University of Chicago, points out that supporting off - line retail helps preserve domestic jobs, which pleases employment - conscious Chinese government officials.

He proposed a «third way» that he called containment, which he defined as «the adroit and vigilant application of counterforce at a series of constantly shifting geographical and political points, corresponding to the shifts and maneuvers of Soviet policy.»

While their first meeting at the Florida resort was hailed as a «high point» in relations between the two leaders, this summit promises to be more challenging as the two men struggle with heavy political baggage on both sides.

Perhaps it's not quite the Austerity Games yet, but we are already at the point when very few countries in which the leadership is accountable to its populace will take on the financial and political risk of staging the Olympics.

But with so many interests — and political careers — at stake, the risk that talks could fall through at any point remains a serious risk,» he warned, adding that such a scenario would have an impact of a 1.5 percent contraction on the U.K.'s long - term growth trend.

As Michael Calderone at Huffington Post has pointed out, however, Labott has expressed political opinions before on Twitter, including one case in which she said that President Obama was «whining about criticism» at the G - 20 summit meeting.

Political stats guru Nate Silver pointed at the fences and called his shot this year, and since the election, his book The Signal and the Noise skyrocketed to the top of the charts.

At what point does a political leader's innate faithlessness cause direct harm to the country he or she leads?

Similarly, the Facebook chief seemed at one point to favor regulation for Facebook and other internet giants — at least the «right» kind of rules, he said, such as ones that require online political ads to disclose who paid for them.

«Convergence and harmonization means... Canada bending its regulations or simply adopting U.S. federal regulations, and I ask the question: at what point does the narrowing of policy room to manoeuvre fundamentally compromise democratic accountability in our political system?»

He said he did not want to turn what was happening at the Tata works into a political point - scoring battle.

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

«Any action at this point instead of just complete stagnancy and blaming the other side of the political aisle would be a step in the right direction,» he added.

-- Benjamin Franklin At this point it's hard for anyone to justify that B.C.'s «Wild West» of political finance is a good thing.

No matter how many data points and geo - political analyses and expert opinions and astrological charts we have to work with, history shows we're not very good at predicting the future.

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Kim Iskyan In December, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, one of Russia's most high - profile political prisoners and the former CEO of Yukos Oil — at one point Russia's largest oil company — was abruptly released.

«Political uncertainty in Russia has seen a definite fall in the number of Russians looking to buy in Italy, especially at the upper end of the market ($ 5million - plus) most notably around parts of Sardinia and coastal Tuscany, but there has been an increase in Russian interest at lower price points especially in Liguria.

This speech was political theater, a lobbying effort aimed at the president of the United States — a point Netanyahu all but admitted at the end.

excerpt: «First of all, if you did not do so yesterday, please take the time to read Kevin Carmichael's look at the trip, and in particular how pack journalism narratives have formed, but he makes very relevant points about the political dynamics and the regional politics of India that the Canadian media is completely ignoring.»

As David Caploe, our Chief Political Economist at EconomyWatch.com recently pointed out, a vast amount of negative economic news came out at the end of the year and was «buried» in plain sight by being reported in the festive season.

«All three main political parties have at one point in Ontario's history struggled tremendously with energy planning,» noted the alliance in a release.

The executives repeatedly appear to brag about their behind - the - scenes efforts to influence political outcomes in Mexico, Australia and Kenya, at one point teasing that they're beginning to work in China, too.

At some point Kudlow, likely for political expedience given the political «winds» of the country in the early 1980's, became a Republican.

It's one poll, but for a gun - control movement anxious to turn the tragedy in Parkland, Fla., into action to prevent further bloodshed, it suggests the political backdrop is more favorable than at any point in the past decade.

projects in reliable political jurisdictions with a preponderance of heavy REE mineralization is at least a starting point.

Written between 50 and 300 years after the death of Christ, over 300 books at one time, vetted down by the Emperor Constantine to a mere 78 at one point, a few more take out later, modified many times to suit it's political purpose.

Klein points out that out that there isn't even one panel on health care policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Interestingly, the Times story does not mention the North American Man - Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), an organization that has the merit of being utterly straightforward on a subject about which the Times, at least at this point in its political evolution, feels compelled to be somewhat coy.

Forget pointing fingers at politicians, political parties, etc..

You are making it needlessly hard, or are perhaps just plain too stupid to understand such a simple fact as: there's no point debunking myths that virtually no one and no one at all with any real clout believes in anyway, but MUCH point in debunking myths that large numbers of people, including powerful politicians, believe should be the guiding principles for the country's entire political culture and laws.

We do so knowing that no political act can save us; at best they can only point to what can save us.

While decisive steps have been taken at several points in your history to place limits on the exercise of power, the nation's political institutions have been able to evolve with a remarkable degree of stability.

When any religion, in this case islam, espouses ideas that are in direct conflict with the Constitution and openly work to impose an alien political / religious system called sharia on the United States, at some point the right to claim constitutional protection is lost.

Fortunately, Moral Majority types don't resort to suicide bombers to make their point, and we can deal with it at the political level.

I don't get it... we re supposed to have a seperation of church and state in our politics yet we find that our political world is constantly guided by flawed religious beliefs... now religious beliefs are creeping into the workplace, at what point would someone possibly be denied a job because a perspective employer finds out that a perspective employees religious beliefs don't follow the employers... sorry guys religion doesn; t belong in politics or the workplace in any way, shape or form.

The doctrine produces outward Christian activity - an informal code on what is «Christian» life - style (the agreed points of which are nevertheless being whittled down with each passing year), Christian activity in and out of church, and a Christian empire with organs of entertainment, education, and political influence - but it does not necessarily produce Christians who are, at the roots of their being, Christian.

It's really a recognition that at some point the political realm shouldn't enforce any theological restrictions on people.

The challenge to social conservatives at this point is still to name one social, political, or cultural problem that is not made worse by the pressure of overpopulation.

Cardinal Wyszynski was the archetype of moral leader and societal focal point at a time when the nation had no legitimate political leader.

After all, he wrote at the time, their political views had once proceeded from «the same point of departure.»

There are so many social, cultural, religious, economic, and political factors at play in all these situations, it is hard to point at any one reason as the cause.