Sentences with phrase «political victory for»

Can he hold it together to become the world champion and score a political victory for the United States?

The nine - rule package, with amendments, marks an unusual political victory for Mark - Viverito, who is ceding some of the speaker's strongest tools for compelling cooperation, in the hopes that a more democratic body will still fall in line behind her agenda.

All of which is why that moratorium — a political victory for environmental groups — may have passed so overwhelmingly.

Her brisk confirmation was a political victory for President Barack Obama - who placed Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the high court last year - and for Senate Democrats.

The deal may also be a major political victory for the Harper Conservatives, who have made expanded trade a key plank of their economic agenda.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Harris follows along wholeheartedly through it all, wielding her «W» tote bag while fiercely imagining with her parents and pastors that political victories for the religious right will restore Christ's rule on earth.

And a spate of political victories for one part of the charter sector — the large networks FES represents — has shed light on a chasm within the sector that may complicate future charter advocacy, as the city's independent charters keep waiting to see their policy priorities fulfilled.

He then launched into a list of what he called political victories for the Bronx: half - a-billion dollars worth of housing construction during the recession, a recent education summit and a new law that allows outer borough residents to hail livery cabs.

The California decision is only the latest in a string of legal and political victories for home schoolers, who have parlayed Internet connections into a political potency that charter and voucher proponents have never matched.

Not exact matches

And men — Trump's base, at least among whites — shouldn't be so willing to sacrifice women's basic humanity for a political victory.

«Truth be told, leaders shouldn't wait for something negative to happen,» said Cristobal Alex, president of the Latino Victory Project, a group that promotes Latino political organizing.

But it is Wintour's role in promoting fashion and luxury goods manufacturing as an important US export business, coupled with her growing political fundraising acumen (according to the Obama campaign, she is a «top bundler», raising more than $ 500,000 for the Obama Victory Fund) that led to speculation she is eyeing a political position.

If a political resume were enough for victory, David R. Craig would be a sure thing to win the Republican nomination for governor.

A review of campaign finance records for the NRA Political Victory Fund, the gun - rights group's political arm in Florida, shows it donated regPolitical Victory Fund, the gun - rights group's political arm in Florida, shows it donated regpolitical arm in Florida, shows it donated regularly...

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While this in itself would be a major victory for democracy, it is crucial that the government does not stop there, but rather works to fundamentally reform Alberta's political culture in the public interest.»

That earlier effort culminated in an August 1980 religious - political rally with Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan that helped Reagan mobilize conservative pastors for his victory.

But they also understand that we don't discard our core values for the sake of political victories.

Building a mosque near the center is a political gesture victory for the Muslim terrorists...

Another factor in the victory for «the right to die» was a striking inability of the opposition, both religious and secular, to secure high - profile support within the cultural and political mainstream, despite strenuous efforts to do so.

And from there it is another short step to «God allows all kinds of prayers» - for victory in battle, for the defeat of enemies, for the smashing of a corrupt political regime, for the removal of a hated social or economic system.

This is a spiritual, not a political, victory, for the country's courageous dissidents remain in Cuban prisons, or under tight surveillance.

Beyond immediate political considerations, the role played by les cathos in Fillon's primary victory reflects developments within French Catholicism underway for some time.

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This inner poisoning of life... can not... be overcome simply by victory over economic need, political oppression, cultural alienation and the ecological crisis... The absence of meaning and the corresponding consequences of an ossified and absurd life are described in theological terms as godforsakenness... Faith becomes hope for significant fulfillment.

Politicians are notorious, particularly in the country, for giving people what they want in order to garner votes regardless of the long term effects (say it with me: 16 trillion dollars) The mere fact that a political decision is made may suffice for proponents but you and I both know that political victory doesn't equal moral certainty

Even amidst a charged political atmosphere, however, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R - KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D - MI) have managed to broker a compromise that, to my mind, is a real victory for our kids.

Back to the kind of politics we usual talk about here: The Victory Lab is a must - read for anyone interested in how successful political campaigns will function in 2014, 2016 and beyond.

I.e., yes, online social tools can be a big help for a nontraditional candidate (or one not favored by the political elite), but on their own they're no guarantee of victory.

For one example, think about data - driven grassroots organizing, which was key to Obama's 2008 and 2012 victories as well as other political success stories from Terry McAuliffe to Thad Cochran.

It has, even with a limited two - year perspective, the potential to be as seismic a political benchmark as the 1945 landslide victory for Clement Attlee's programme for democratic socialism or Mrs Thatcher's 1979 election victory for Tory nationalism.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing political pressure from the left to push Democrats to a majority, was similarly insistent on Tuesday evening at the victory party for Democrat Shelley Mayer that all Democrats in the Senate — Felder included — must work together.

«This is actually a victory for the political process not just for Brian Barnwell.

Former MP David Miliband spoke for many people when he argued that under his brother's leadership, Labour had hoped to «suspend the laws of political gravity» by moving somewhat to the left, yet continuing to believe victory was still possible.

That opposition helped catapult her political career, which later included an unexpected victory in a nationally watched special election for a Buffalo - area congressional seat.

The Leader and Founder of Glorious Waves Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi who has forecasted one - touch victory for President John Dramani Mahama again prophesized that a popular flag bearer of one of the leading political parties will fall and faint in the heat on the 2016 election campaign.

Still, a victory could have ramifications for the political process, in addition to helping female and minority candidates in down - ballot races, she argued.

The redistricting of 2012 opened the door for New York Congressman Steve Israel to step into the political consciousness of northeast Queens, but despite conventional wisdom his national job as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) wasn't enough to raise his name recognition, it was a strong grassroots campaign initiative which helped ensure victory on Election Day.

June 15, 2015 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund endorses Louis Falco for re-election as Rockland County Sheriff.

The justification for relying on an American political strategist to facilitate the APC «s success is in part borne out of the fact that Nigeria operates the presidential system of governance which originated from the USA and the expert whom the APC engaged had a good track record of achieving victory for Obama twice.

May 13, 2013 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund is pleased to endorse Jeff Gildersleeve for Saratoga County Sheriff.

So they went big on political spending, going all out for Democratic victories in hopes of passing EFCA.

It was allegedly utilized to direct messages for political campaigns supported by Cambridge Analytica, most notably Trump's election victory and the Brexit vote.

September 30, 2015 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund endorses Brian Barrett for Essex County Court Judge.

Meantime, while they have chosen to converge in Accra to tickle themselves and laugh over their self - satisfaction that their choice of tool for political campaigns will yield victory at Election 2016, President Mahama and his campaign armada are down in the trenches, interacting closely with the voters and assuring them of what the government will do to build on the infrastructural foundation that it has laid.

She says Corbyn will not provide the party with a magical route to victory but his leadership could lead to opportunities for political alignment.

Not just for political influence that on rare occasions result in some electoral or electoral victory.

October 23, 2015 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund endorses Anthony Neddo for Jefferson County District Attorney.

«I have seen it with my own eyes, out of politics we have to be honest and all the political parties can not deny,» he said, «I look forward for a very a big victory for the NDC in the December elections.»