Sentences with phrase «win political points»

You win political points by pushing an agenda that's a national agenda, and saying in New Jersey, in one of the most difficult, well - organized, union states — teachers» unions — you got to push this teacher incentive pay.

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» Khojasteh said.

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» he said.

Not exact matches

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi staged his stunning political comeback, and came within less than a percentage point of winning the last week's election, on an anti-austerity, anti-German platform, mixed with promises of rescinding a widely resented and highly regressive real estate tax.

The new plant — in a state Trump won by 28 points in 2016 — could be a political boost to the Republican president, who has urged automakers to build plants in the United States and add jobs.

You're points are invalid; Gar marriage is not won, it's a waste of time in our political system but it's not a battle or argument that has been won or lost.

He theorized that religious thinking evolved at some point (ironically, you might say) and that in some cases tribe leaders were able to use this to get people to stop fighting and to form bigger, more powerful political units, which in turn won out over isolated tribes, thereby facilitating the spread of a particular religion.

In our current economic and political climate, moms need talking points they can take to their PTA meetings and win with.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

Looking at coverage of the online political world, I sometimes wonder if we're missing the point: blogs, YouTube and social media are fun and interesting, but are they winning elections?

Political scientist Dr. Gerald Benjamin says there are some indications beyond the Mayer win that Republicans could be in trouble in November, pointing to a Long Island Assembly seat that flipped to a Democrat and two Assembly races in the Capital Region with Republican candidates leading, but too close to call.

I became a confidant in the political class because I controlled a whole platoon of «psychological warriors», I won and lost some of the battles, at some point I got it right while at another point I got it wrong because I am human, I made friends and seen all sorts of fun.

Yet another congratulatory email from a consulting firm to its winning client candidates has arrived, and although Red Horse Strategies had nothing little to do with the NY - 9 race, it no longer saw fit to weigh in on the fierce bout of finger - pointing now underway in political circles.

Now that she's won statewide election by a 26 - point margin, and has no credible challengers on the horizon for next year, when she'll run for a full term, it's becoming clearer what she intends to do with the remarkable political opportunity she has been given.

With people living longer, a few extra decades of brand loyalty or crosses at the ballot box will increasingly become the tipping point to winning or losing in political and corporate campaigns.

«But let me tell you, people of like minds within the party will surely come together to decide their political fates if Sheriff wins the appeal», he pointed out.»

Latimer ended up winning the election by 13 points, which was higher than expected by political observers.

It seemed like a potential political turning point in 2015 when opposition leaders won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, dealing a blow to Maduro.

Several political analysts pointed out to me that before new congressional boundaries took effect for the race of 2012, much of it fell in the 20th District, which Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, won in 2006 and 2008.

«Rather than scoring political points they should be reaching out to create a cross-party approach striking the right balance between effective security measures and the need to win the long - term battle for hearts and minds,» he said.

But in 2014, Gibson won by nearly 30 points in a race against Democrat Sean Eldridge, a political activist who is the wealthy husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.

Dropping an unexpected political bomb on the Hudson Valley, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, who won re-election last November by about 30 percentage points, announced Tuesday, Jan. 6 that he would not run for re-election in 2016.

Now if we are driven into voting for UKIP, which does still espouse many Traditional Tory Policies, is unequivocal on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and which has eschewed all the Eco-rubbish which has beguiled the other political parties such as New Labour, New Conservative and the Lib Dems, this may not win any seats for UKIP at the next General Election, indeed they will be lucky to hold onto Bob Spink's seat at Castle Point under FPTP.

Prosecutors, in their complaint against Ciminelli, point to his political contributions and claim they were used to buy him access and influence in Albany and ultimately win more state contracts.

In 2008, Arcuri won over Hanna, a political newcomer, by less than 2 percentage points.

The last time any government won a by - election was in 1983, and with Labour considerably behind in the nationwide polls and Corbyn's popularity low, a gain in either seat would be a remarkable victory for the Conservatives and further evidence that they are dominating the post-Brexit political landscape (though, as Matt Singh points out on NumberCruncherPolitics, it would be even more remarkable than this).

«There is too great an interest, I think, in (the Cuomo administration) to make a headline, to score political points, to leverage people against one another in order to score a win instead of truly understanding the kind of change that needs to happen in order to grow the economy, keep New Yorkers here and make the state more affordable and improve everybody's quality of life,» Molinaro said.

«If she does primary Cuomo, I'd be worried, if I'm Cuomo's people — not necessarily that she would win or get within 10 points of him,» said Doug Muzzio, a professor of political science at Baruch College.

But de Blasio, giving the keynote speech at an education conference hosted by Columbia University, called his nearly 50 - point win earlier this month «substantial» and the source of enough political capital to enact his ambitious agenda.

Omar (Hany Abu - Assad)-- Role playing works both psychologically and as plot points for this Cannes award - winning political thriller set in Palestine.

There are just enough historical and political details; the movie touches quickly on the fine points of British - French - Indian - settler conflicts, so that they can get on to the story we're really interested in, about the hero who wins the heart of the girl.

Her client, wealthy career politician Castillo (Joaquim De Almeida), is running for president of Bolivia, a position he won and then relinquished years earlier, and he's down almost 30 points from the frontrunner, a fiery political upstart promising major change.

Their political run, relentless message and the fact the «nanny state» lobby always win in the end has led us to this point.

It wins on many political points, including the fact that the negotiations have seen the widest participation of parties in COP history.

Political scientists say that winning a debate scores you no points whatsoever.