Sentences with phrase «score political points by»

During the Bush administration, Democrats discovered that they could score political points by accusing Bush of being anti-science.

The vote has no significant effect but shows Republicans are turning up the heat on Rangel and hoping to score political points by highlighting the ethics probe.

Today's City Council hearing is another effort to score political points by making the BOE a «whipping boy» yet again.

In a statement, he assailed «Mr. DiNapoli and his surrogates (for trying) to score political points by making irresponsible and erroneous accusations about my future investment strategies for the state pension fund.

President Donald Trump looks to score political points by lowering America's roughly $ 70 billion trade deficit with Japan, and sees expensive military equipment as a prime tool for doing so.

Not exact matches

They think that the U.S. president is looking to score political points with his base, but that he won't want to upset the stock market record highs and the faster economic growth by putting up too many trade barriers, a move that probably would spook businesses and investors.

«To label all Muslims who promote and practice Sharia law as extremists is a dangerous precedent which will be strongly opposed by our community because the real reasons behind this new strategy are to score cheap political points on the back of the Muslim community.»

The report is perhaps the antics of mischief makers, who wish to score cheap political points against the Kano State governor, a statement by the president's spokesman, Femi Adesina disclosed.

Dr. Nkpah said: «After a study of the approach, loud pronouncements and long delays adopted by the government on the globally celebrated implementation, the Ogoni people are not persuaded about the sincerity of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led federal government whose earlier promises were designed to score cheap political points.»

«This shows that political point scoring really is at the heart of Theresa May's decision making, and respect for human life and dignity have been left by the wayside.»

Members of the public interviewed by the Hansard Society were not impressed with what they saw: 67 % of respondents said that there was «too much party political point - scoring instead of answering the question» and 47 % thought PMQs «is too noisy and aggressive».

It's too important to be tainted by anyone trying to score political points.

With Donald Trump increasingly looking like the candidate for the Republican party, Assemblyman Francisco Moya said that the push by the Senate GOP was an effort to «score political points in an election year.»

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, commenting on the controversial Moreland Commission on anti corruption, which is now under federal investigation, says his opponent is wrongly trying to score «cheap political points» by pressing the issue.

I'm disgusted by Schneiderman supporters using 9/11 to get all sanctimonious and score (or attempt to score) a cheap political point.

«I take your point about the inherent fun of party political point scoring, especially if the party I adhere to has scored the point, but it is essentially trivial by nature and, if endlessly repeated, deeply dispiriting and, for the majority of the public who aren't blindly loyal party tribalists, ultimately alienating.»

We can continue to chip away at getting this right or that right, allowing ourselves to be used by either party to score political points.

Just as some described it as a right step in the right direction, others have described it as a sheer attempt by the Buhari - led government to score cheap political points.

Laah, who is the only member of the senate elected on the platform of the PDP in North West Zone described the project as a deliberate attempt by Governor Nasir El - Rufai to score curious political point.

The Iddrisu family is extremely scandalized by the inexorable attempts by some political entrepreneurs to score despicable political points with the sudden death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu by launching unwarranted scathing attacks on former President John Dramani Mahama.

Following pledges by all three major parties to reform the Lords at the last general election, the Electoral Reform Society said parliamentarians had «squandered consensus, in the name of cheap point scoring and political games».

We have read a news story with a screaming headline: ACEP AGAINST SECOND KARPOWER published by the media, and after digesting the arguments put forward by the think - tank and noticing the half - truths therein, we firmly conclude, that ACEP is engaging in politics to score cheap political points for the NPP flagbearer, in this election.

The governor, Bill de Blasio said, exacts «revenge» on City Hall by obstructing its agenda to score political points.

Proponents of the Martin Act have noted the high rate at which financial crimes are prosecuted in New York; opponents have argued that the law has been used by attorneys general to score political points and boost political profiles, and that it's been used improperly due to the broadness of the statute.

His comments come after speculations of a feud between people of Akyem and Asante descent which is allegedly being capitalized on by politicians to score political points.

The comments sections on most political blogs is either one sided, or dominated by petty political point scoring and tired rehearsals of party political spin.

Is the Trump administration really undermining civil rights enforcement, or is this just another effort by the outgoing administration to score political points against its successor?

Worse, the best political spin that the reformers could come up with was that after privatizing virtually the entire education system in New Orleans, and giving the corporate education movement total control of the city, the «average composite score on the ACT for students in the Recovery School District (RSD) New Orleans rose by» less than half a percentage point.

Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, a collaborative effort of political, education, business and advocacy leaders to close the nation's literacy gap, said «We shouldn't be at all surprised by the NAEP scores... we can point to nothing substantial in terms of interventions or programs that would have made that number different.»

The e-mails were private communications between scientists that were illegally taken, illegally distributed, severely misrepresented (by McIntyre especially, especially with respect to «hide the decline»), and used to score political points and attack the credibility of well - respected scientists.

We can and should hope that BC's two mainstream parties begin to take global warming seriously, and that this rational approach (instead of parties merely trying to score cheap political points) in dealing with one of the most daunting challenges faced by us all spreads to other jurisdictions.

(And by that I mean we make the best decisions we can with the data in a peaceful efficient and objective manor, rather than turning it into a political point scoring contest.

However, climate change has gone from being a scientific actuality to a political wedge issue, used as a cudgel by parties of all persuasions to point fingers and score points.

It's the reckless mismanagement of the coal industry by CEOs, many of whom are more interested in skirting regulations and scoring political points than in maintaining jobs, modernizing their technology, or keeping their mines safe.

Gay rights activists knew that these Republicans were not on their side, but by getting them on the record struggling to explain their bigotry, this questioning likely reached moderates in favor of equality, while also helping to create a political environment in which Obama and Democrats were able to set themselves apart from the Republicans and reaffirm their support for equality, while also scoring political points with an influential constituency.

One has to wonder at a) Joe's truthfulness and more importantly b) whether or not the whole event is simply a setup by the McCain campaign to score political points.

«Instead of helping people hardest hit by the hurricane and flood, some in Congress are trying to score political points.

An aversion to failure, exacerbated by the political process which uses failures to score points rather than learn lessons