Sentences with phrase «political survival»

A schooling sector that does not grow to a critical mass will always struggle for political survival.

The fusion of the spiritual life with the gritty problems of political survival, alcoholism and poverty is the real face and heart of the Native Soul.

His own political survival, and that of his party, probably depends on it.

That's because nothing matters to him more than political survival does.

This despite the fact that he must have known that a Lib / Lab deal was likely to be his best hope of political survival.

The man is obviously not «all at sea» when it comes to attempting to ensure his own political survival!

-LSB-...] «RPPSI» the «Realtor Party Political Survival Initiative» was hotly dbetaed prior to Midyear.

«Ruben Diaz has an annoying political survival instinct, but we want to set the record straight.

Bob Woodward's third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative — from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term.

And that's an old plot, updated by French and German leaders who are fighting for political survival against nationalists and populists.

Such austerity is inconvenient for embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak who is already fighting for political survival amid allegations of graft.

Alberta's NDP made its own leap last year from perennial obscurity to government majority, and sees political survival linked to approved pipelines and a robust oil sands economy — and to blasting the «so - called manifesto» as «naïve» and «thoughtless,» in Premier Rachel Notley's words.

Gallagher and Hanson also found that the Logic of Political Survival suffers from using crude measurements.

«Immigration is just a unique beast when Republican political survival depends on them getting it done.»

For 29 MPs, opposition to scrapping the first - past - the - post voting system is a matter of raw political survival, an analysis by The Independent has found.

«Any worries he might have about Moscow's dedication to his own political survival are lessened considerably when American - Russian tension over Syria runs high,» he wrote.

NAR is in a good position, however, in that dues were increased 50 percent to fund the Realtor Party Political Survival Initiative, and while the trade group will still feel the impact of losing nearly half a million members, it has been a slow decline that the group has been bracing for.

A succession of minority governments had left policy - making in Canada focused heavily on Canadian domestic politics, necessary for political survival.

NAR Proposes the Realtor Party Political Survival Initiative.

(CNN)- Rep. Charlie Rangel declared victory Tuesday in a Democratic primary to represent a redrawn New York district, capping a tale of political survival for the iconic lawmaker.

Analysts remain skeptical that much, if any, positive outcome will result from a president who is known for staking his political survival by increasingly leaning on the powerful agro-industrial lobby, particularly in the midst of turgid corruption scandals.

May's own political survival is in doubt after she lost her parliamentary majority in an election this month.

This was the correct decision, but it was one that was imposed upon you by political survival and the G - 20.

The prophets as the challengers and advisers of kings in a State struggling for political survival and economic power were much closer to the perennial problems of social injustice and conflict than were the relatively detached early Christians.

lack of acknowledging an external standard of moral perfection, thus ending up with self - created standards which can include killing for political survival.

But nobody can read Caxton's Reynard and think that it is a manual for political survival.

Scottish Labour, already badly wounded, might be finished off for good by the collateral damage caused by his fight for political survival.

As alluded to in the question, many of the criticisms of The Logic of Political Survival are meta - theoretical in nature: de Mesquita (et al)'s theory is built on rational - choice theory.

James Morrow, one of the authors who wrote The Logic of Political Survival, is well - known in game theory circles and none of these criticisms would be a surprise to him.

This is an imperative demand as their political survival should not be left to chance just as anyone that fails to search for his potential leaves his survival to chance.

Senator Arlen Specter, a Democrat, will learn if the political survival skills he has called upon so many times during his five - term career in the Senate are still operable.

Being bolder about progressive causes is a matter of strategic necessity and political survival, not just centre left desire, as I argue in a new Fabian paper The Vision Thing published today.

«As I looked to the state capitol, I saw an administration focused inward, not on the people but on self - preservation and political survival and presidential ambitions,» Molinaro said.

The former see him as a good force who should continue to lead them to the land of their dreams or the promised land; the latter see him as the lifebuoy for their political survival and relevance.»

Now it is a matter of necessity and political survival, not just centre - left desire.

Labour's was dubbed «operation fightback» and focused on Mr Brown's fight for political survival.

Tom Precious says the wiretapped conversation between former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, about the relationship between the GOP and the IDC proved «Albany politics are raw, alliances and friendships are highly fleeting, and even worries about the health of fellow politicians are not always centered on empathy but political survival.»

Defence secretary is fighting for his political survival ahead of crucial confrontation with MPs in the Commons on Monday

As three Republicans state senators who voted for same - sex marriage battled for their political survival yesterday, Rev. Jason McGuire said he was thinking about one person whose name wasn't... Continue reading →

The issue of regulating Wall Street is arguably the stickiest of Schumer's career — forcing him to choose between an industry that has pumped more than $ 10 million into his campaigns and the political survival instincts that have made him one of the party's canniest strategists.

The prime minister is thrashing around, fighting for his own political survival.

Depending on drug lords for his political survival, Akufo - Addo is a major threat.

«And as I looked to the Governor in the Capitol — I saw an administration focused inward, not on the needs of the people but on self - preservation, political survival and presidential ambitions.»

The autumn will show whether Brown will be able to counter charges from the right - wing press that he has simply taken his party back to its statist roots in order to guarantee his own political survival.

«It's obvious that Bill deBlasio is more concerned with his political survival than managing the affairs of the city,» said Ulrich, a potential mayoral candidate.

Although candidates love spouting their belief and faith in Democracy, their political survival triumphs over giving people a choice.