Sentences with phrase «political tea leaves»

You might think Malloy did this because of the growing opposition to both in his state, but blogger Jonathan Pelto points out here that he did it not because he really believes there is a problem with the school reforms but because he is trying to assure his re-election this November and can read the political tea leaves.

The sparsely worded proposal has left supporters and opponents trying to sort through the political tea leaves.

Not exact matches

The supposedly cultured, civil and enlightened members of left wing political culture (up to and including President Obama, who three days earlier publicly decried the lack of civility in American politics) and supposedly professional journalism (CNN and MSNBC main anchors and PBS senior correspondent, not just some random blogs or forum commenters) decided that this term would strongly elevate American civil discourse if it was publicly and massively applied to members of Tea Party (which was, of course, a political movement named after a famous historical event wherein a quantity of tea cargo was destroyed in protestation of British tax policieTea Party (which was, of course, a political movement named after a famous historical event wherein a quantity of tea cargo was destroyed in protestation of British tax policietea cargo was destroyed in protestation of British tax policies).

It suggests, too, that the political winds could be shifting faster than even adept politicians like Mr. Cuomo realize, as Tea Party populism yields to a variant on the left.

Reading of the tea leaves, which political journalists have resorted to in place of actual polling data, has suggested the frontrunner's status has been placed increasingly in doubt.

Despised by the far left, scorned by the far right, pushed aside by liberal progressives, mocked by tea party conservatives, we hold what may well be the most assaulted political position in America today.

So all this political fortune telling is just looking at tea leaves in a cup.

«Read the tea leaves and you see what's going on, what the bigger political play is: they don't have de Blasio out there as a surrogate for Hillary, do they?»

Oscar watching is entering a renaissance now, where gut and instinct and reading the tea leaves and tapping the pulse of the Academy and the social / political climate of the country might be just as more important than simply tabulating statistics and precursors.

«One is a tea party problem, which doesn't have deep roots but does have lots of political muscle behind it, and then you've got a bit of anti-test rebellion coming from the left.

The rush to judgement to blame the Tea Party stands in stark double - standard contrast to the media - academia's endless thumb - sucking and fence - sitting when presented with a clear case of (Left - wing) political terrorism, such as the Fort Hood massacre.

It was on the basis of this particular reading of the political tea - leaves that David Karoly and I were expected to put our names to recommendations that soft - pedalled on the science.