Sentences with phrase «political tactician»

By avoiding the national spotlight now, they say, Cuomo can craft his own narrative as an able governor — outgrowing his reputation as a brash political tactician — and, perhaps most important, avoid making the kinds of gaffes that have plagued him in the past.

With Bruno gone, Cuomo's primary nemesis — the immovable object to his irresistible force — is surely going to be the speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, a shrewd political tactician who wields enormous power inside the statehouse.

Cuomo knows how Albany works, and no one doubts he's a shrewd political tactician himself.

Amiable, clever and sociable, he has now developed a reputation as a brilliant political tactician.

But Cuomo, who has shown himself in this past session to be a masterful political tactician, appears to have had the industry's number.

Wenger is the complete political tactician.....

The old - school Irish Catholic party boss and New Deal political tactician famously said that the Democratic party had been taken over «by the cast of Hair.»

Not exact matches

Inside them, McConnell is a seasoned political warrior, a wily tactician — the Sun Tzu of the Senate.

Both men were smart operators, shrewd tacticians who reveled in their political status if not the philosophy and nitty - gritty of politics.

He was also considered a canny tactician as well as a prolific political fundraiser.

Cuomo is a more skilled tactician than Silver's last gubernatorial adversary, Eliot Spitzer, but the speaker is a master at political chess.

But it's also a shrewd political move from a master tactician who recognized this race remains too close to call.

It's difficult to imagine a better Tony Blair than Sheen, who actually manages to give the man a vulnerability and humor that makes him more human, as he matures from uncertain political player to assured, savvy tactician in the matter of one short week.