This is a genuine defence, up to a point, though a weaker and less catch - all one
than coalition supporters imply.
Not exact matches
According to the event's organizers, the
coalition plans to bring more
than 2,000 advocates and
supporters to the Capitol for what is being described as a «massive grassroots» day of lobbying and advocacy.
Swing voters were much more likely
than Labour
supporters to see the deficit as a serious problem that must be dealt with urgently, and that the
Coalition's proposed cuts were unavoidable.
There are a number of local Liberal Democrats less
than enamoured by the cuts agenda of the
Coalition, and already there is talk of finding a high profile candidate to carry the banner for a more recognisable Liberal candidate, who local
supporters with their long non conformist tradition might buy into.
The
coalition is also organizing
supporters to make calls in these districts, urging voters to call their respective senators and urge them to support extending the temporary PIT hike on the state's wealthiest New Yorkers rather
than voting in favor of budget cuts.
Only just over a fifth of Lib Dem voters think their party has much influence within the
coalition — indeed Conservative voters are more
than twice as likely to think Nick Clegg is influential
than his own
supporters.
At 11 a.m.,
supporters of a «Campaign 4 NY / NY Housing»
coalition of more
than 130 community, disabilities, family, homeless, housing, legal, mental health, minority, social services and youth organizations call for city and state officials to expand supportive housing for residents with disabilities and other special needs; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.
Less
than one voter in three agrees that «by entering the
Coalition, the Lib Dems have managed to get real liberal policies put into action» — and most of these are either already Lib Dem
supporters or pro-
Coalition Tory voters.
The Southeast Seattle Education
Coalition (SESEC) consists of roughly 70 community - based organizations, schools, and allies and
supporters who are all focused on supporting Southeast Seattle — an area that has higher poverty rates and lower educational outcomes
than neighboring communities in Seattle.
In the last 14 months alone, I've worked with the
coalition of charter school
supporters to bring charter schools to the state, testified before the Legislature on the quality of Alabama's charter school law, spoken with a room of more
than 400 Alabama school board members about what it means to be an authorizer, and even sat down with the regional paper to talk about the pros and cons of authorizing charter schools.