Sentences with phrase «primary against obama»

The early focus on strong Latino hiring and outreach operations has been repeatedly called for by Democrats who note that Clinton was popular among Latino voters in the 2008 primary against Obama, but must show she is serious about addressing their concerns during this campaign.

Not exact matches

Most of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates couldn't make a coherent case against Obama / Romney - style health care policy to Republican primary voters ever mind non-Republican young people.

A Wall Street Journal report, which quotes unnamed members of the Obama administration, indicates the threat of genocide against Yazidis was the primary factor in the American decision to intervene.

The primary issue is we have a sitting president in Obama, who through his executive order is forcing a directiive that goes against religious freedoms.

Touting her foreign policy credentials and defense of Israel, Jewish leaders flocked to Clinton as she ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries.

In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan wonders if a string of failures for the Obama administration counts as mounting evidence not only against his primary claim to rule, executive competence, but also against the undergirding premises of liberal political philosophy.

Anyone that thinks Obama's race is the primary reason Americans are voting against him in droves is too stupid to even read the news or just plain doesn't understand politics.

They point to her 2 - 1 margin with Latinos over Obama in the 2008 primary and the latest party platform, which calls for a path to citizenship «for law - abiding families who are here,» the end of immigration raids against children and families, due process for «those fleeing violence in Central America,» and to rescind statutory bans on immigrants who modify their status in the country.

Shattered's most lurid revelation is that, after her 2008 loss to Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton and her husband devised a loyalty scale by which they measured Democratic members of Congress — and then took systematic revenge against those who were either not supportive in the 2008 primary contest with Obama or insufficiently supportive.

And then today, another McCain spokeswoman charged that, by raising questions about Palin's record, «the Obama campaign is clearly being sexist, just like we saw in the primaries against Hillary Clinton.»

Barack Obama's capture of 71 percent of the Latino vote was widely attributed to harsh rhetoric against illegal immigrants during the Republican primaries, including Mitt Romney's promise to make them self - deport.

Clarke eventually relented and joined the majority of her fellow Democratic elected officials, backing Clinton against Obama in the presidential primary.

In the book, he says Clinton referred to Obama as an «amateur» and urged his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to resign and run against the president in a primary.

Ahead of the state's March 15 primary, Obama and Biden backed former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in his race against P.G. Sittenfeld for the Democratic nod to take on GOP Sen. Rob Portman in November.

Here's a surprise: Heading into a tough primary against right - of - center Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, GOP / Conservative gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio is saying nice things about Democratic President Barack Obama.

Last month, President Obama spoke at a Murphy fund - raiser in Miami — one of many high - dollar events that Murphy advisers believe will allow them to spend as much as $ 8 million in his primary campaign against Grayson.

(CNN)- Rick Santorum continued his offensive against President Barack Obama while speaking Sunday night to a church in Georgia ahead of the state's primary next month, portraying the president as a leader intent on starting a cultural war.

Kaine, an early backer of Barack Obama in the 2008 in his primary fight against Hillary Clinton, said he believes that the Democratic Party is more unified today than it was at this point eight years ago, following the protracted primary battle between the pair.

Republicans also point out that they had less time to prepare — after all, Romney had to make it through a primary campaign before he could really run against Obama.

Has any reporter anywhere bothered to review at what point Hillary dropped her race against Obama in the 2008 presidential primary?

A new poll found Democrats may be disgruntled with Obama, but don't overwhelmingly support running a more liberal primary challenger against him.

Back in 2008, Barack Obama's success at recruiting an army of online small - dollar donors gave him a tremendous advantage in the long primary battle against Hillary Clinton, and his subsequent general election contests.

During the 2008 presidential primary elections, a constant the press were too biased towards Barack Obama and against Hillary.

The Alabama gubernatorial primary will probably get more analysis than any of Tuesday night's other votes (save, perhaps, Dale Peterson's devastating defeat), for the fact that Artur Davis appears to have been punished by African - American voters for taking their traditional leadership for granted — and even at times running openly against the older generation — in a way Obama never did.

DTM, Obama's primary opponent in 2004 imploded, then the main Republican imploded and he wound up running against Alan Keyes.

McConnell backed Paul's opponent in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary, but said that Kentucky Republicans will «unite in standing against the overreaching policies of the Obama Administration.»

He even, in 2011, publicly sought someone to run in a primary against President Obama.

He didn't mention Rep. Charlie Rangel, who is seeking re-election against two challengers in the June primary and has highlighted his work with Obama as a reason for one «final» term.

After all, President Obama, more than anyone, knows that sometimes an insurgent primary campaign against the party's establishment candidate can work out pretty well in the end.

The chairman of the event is Rep. Steve Israel (D - L.I.), who earlier this year was persuaded by Obama not to run in a primary against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.).

All Obama is doing at the moment is signalling Cuomo that he will not alienate the party if he decides to run against Paterson in the primary.

However, he is also running in the Democratic primaries against incumbent President Barack Obama.

(CNN)- Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, who has been critical of Sen. Arlen Specter's support for President Obama's stimulus plan, appears to be inching closer to a primary re-match against the Republican incumbent.