Sentences with phrase «political pragmatist»

By Tuesday, the notion of closing Rikers had drawn a response from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who found himself in the unusual position of playing the political pragmatist.

The former governor, ever the political pragmatist, did not let that stop him from jumping on the Paladino bandwagon after the mad - as - hell Queen City champion defeated Pataki's preferred gubernatorial contender, former Rep. Rick Lazio, in the 2010 GOP primary.

Unlike Gibson, who has gone to great lengths to portray himself as a political pragmatist, both Teachout and Faso are strongly associated with the left of center and right of center, respectively, which could make it difficult for them to appear to a key voting bloc: independents.

Niebuhr ended the Destiny volume by saying that only eschatology can rescue the political pragmatist who seeks to keep history going with only minor adjustments in the system.

Not exact matches

«Stephen Harper is a consummate pragmatist,» says University of Lethbridge political scientist Geoffrey Hale.

I will leave a fuller defense of Edmund Burke to Yuval Levin, who is an expert on the subject, but Marr badly mischaracterizes Burke as a kind of Deweyan pragmatist and experimentalist, when in fact Burke believed in the authority of tradition and precedent, in a predisposition toward reverence for the past, in the notion of God - given rights, and in the necessity of transcendental beliefs and institutions as a grounding for political society.

It's potential reckoning for the state's political left, with pragmatists and crusaders dueling for control of an influential minor party, which could affect the outcome of this year's gubernatorial race and, perhaps, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's chances to be in the field for the 2020 presidential race.

In response to Jon Snow's suggestion that the AV system did not constitute proportional representation, Nick Clegg claimed he was «both a revolutionary in terms of political reform, but also a pragmatist».

Working from Burke's screenplay, the Brazilian director Jose Padilha («Narcos») cuts between the increasingly tense passengers, confined to a sweaty corner of the Entebbe airport terminal; the infighting among the terrorists; and the high - level political and military planning put into action by Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), a no - negotiation hard - liner, and Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), depicted here as the conflicted pragmatist.

Here, Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan in peculiar eyebrows), the wily opportunist, and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (an impressive Lior Ashkenazi), the conflicted pragmatist, each try to secure the hostages» release, but in a manner that will gain them personally the maximum political advantage.