Sentences with phrase «with presidential bids»

His father, Mario Cuomo, was dubbed «Hamlet on the Hudson» for flirting with presidential bids in 1988 and 1992, famously leaving planes that would have taken him from Albany to New Hampshire idling on the tarmac.

But he cited a strong grass - roots network in Iowa and strength among younger voters as reasons to stick with his presidential bid in the coming months.

He spent heavily trying to win Ohio, as well as Tuesday's contests in Illinois and Missouri, but he came away with his presidential bid looking increasingly hopeless, since Mrs. Clinton is far ahead in amassing delegates needed to win the nomination.

(CNN)- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who flirted with a presidential bid last year, defended his decision on Friday to pardon 200 criminals, four of whom were charged with murder.

The governor's future is uncertain, with a presidential bid presumably blocked by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Since then, the two have formed a solid working relationship — a partnership based on mutual need: Paul could use legislative heft in advance of a potential 2016 presidential bid, and McConnell needs some home - state cred with the new right wing.

His trip to Israel — which included meetings with top Middle Eastern political leaders and a tour of Christian holy sites with 40 evangelical activists — has fueled growing speculation that the younger Paul is seriously considering a presidential bid of his own in 2016.

Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison said that Trump has also talked with advisors often about his ability to drive high traffic numbers for networks such as Fox News and CNN, and feels that he could do the same thing for his own media company even if he is unsuccessful in his presidential bid.

Indeed, Haley's gubernatorial experience combined with her new foreign - policy chops would position her well for a presidential bid.

With Macron having no significant, established political party behind him, we expect those parties whose candidates fell short in the first round of the presidential campaign to push hard for parliamentary seats in the June parliamentary elections in a bid to win influence.

Donald Trump's private meeting Thursday with Senate Republicans — designed to foster greater party unity ahead of the national convention in Cleveland — grew combative as the presumptive presidential nominee admonished three senators who have been critical of his candidacy and predicted they would lose their reelection bids, according to two Republican officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges.

The year before Trump announced his presidential bid, the data firm already had found a high level of alienation among young, white Americans with a conservative bent.

Click the audio player for a Q&A with Joanna Brooks from CNN Radio's John Lisk http://podcasts.cnn.net/cnn/services/podcasting/audio/cnnprofiles/cnnprofilesa02-06-2012.mp3 Amid Mitt Romney's presidential bid, the «I'm a Mormon» ad campaign and the smash - hit Broadway musical «Book of Mormon,» this Obama supporter has emerged as a refreshing voice for media, hungry for frank discussion about her faith.

Tasini's only hope in 2006 was the WFP, which has a lot of very liberal stakeholders who were against the war and upset with Clinton for her support of it, seeing that support as a largely politically calculated vote in advance of her likely (and then fulfilled) 2008 presidential bid.

Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy was at the Rubio fundraiser with his wife, but he also made the trip to Wisconsin when Gov. Scott Walker announced his presidential bid last month.

Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign may have harvested the Facebook data of millions of people using an app that asked them to pair their Facebook friends list with their smartphone's contacts list — in a bid to reach those people and persuade them to vote for Clinton.

Worked with Paladino campaign manager Michael Caputo and his mentor, Roger Stone, on Jack Kemp's 1988 presidential bid.

Clinton is cementing her support for a super PAC seeking massive contributions to advance her presidential bid, meeting with top donors to the group during her fundraising swing through California this week.

At the time, Perry posed with Astorino, then a candidate for governor in New York, after Perry's 2016 Republican presidential rival Chris Christie referred to the GOP candidate's bid against Cuomo as a lost cause.

Clinton, appearing with Nassau Democrats in Elmont at a rally to support his wife Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, cited Kaminsky's six years as a federal prosecutor and his work during his first term in the assembly.

It sets up a longshot bid pitting an openly gay liberal activist who has never held political office against a two - term incumbent with a $ 30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

Now I understand that the talent pool is severely limited when it comes to HomoCON's, but just when you think that the Log Cabin Republicans can't get any worse after their endorsement of Mitt Romney for President now that the LCR executive director R. Clarke Cooper will be stepping down they will be replacing him with Gregory T. Angelo, who announced his support for Newt Gingrich's presidential bid just weeks after Gingrich signed the National Organization for Marriages «s hate pledge to destroy LGBT rights on the federal level.

A group of political activists who came together to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» presidential bid are keeping their word to maintain a permanent presence with a broader focus in Western New York.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who suspended his presidential bid after his sixth - place finish in the GOP primary in New Hampshire, returned home yesterday with his White House dreams crushed and a heap of problems on his desk in Trenton.

Rick Santorum had the desk with the candy drawer, yet all that sugar didn't win him any endorsements for his presidential bid from former Senate colleagues.

(CNN)- Need another sign that former New York Gov. George Pataki is once again flirting with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination?

It's a win for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat positioning himself for a possible presidential bid, who along with other blue state governors has blasted Republicans in Congress for targeting their high - tax, high - wealth precincts through certain provisions of the $ 1.5 trillion Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The list of potential senior Clinton tech hires also includes more than a dozen specialists with ties to the Obama White House, Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, Democratic congressional campaign offices and the outside groups and firms that supply the party with online infrastructure.

Bolton, who visited the White House last week, would also be the latest Trump official with ties to GOP megadonor Robert Mercer, a key supporter of Trump's presidential bid and investor in Cambridge Analytica who is also the largest donor to Bolton's super PAC.

Columbia University's push to host President Obama's presidential library and museum after he leaves office gained ground when problems emerged with competing bids from two universities in Chicago.

The presidential spokesman said Buhari condoled with Audu's family, the government and people of Kogi State as well as all «our party members, men and women who stood with Audu in his bid return as Governor.

«The couple have been unusually attached to this state for decades: Bill Clinton stabilized his scandal - plagued presidential bid in 1992 with a second - place finish in the primary, and Mrs. Clinton made her own comeback in 2008 by winning here with 39 percent of the vote after losing the Iowa caucuses to Barack Obama.»

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg acknowledged for the first time during an interview with the Financial Times that he is weighing a 2016 presidential bid — two weeks after an adviser said he was exploring the possibility.

Kasich hinted the only reason he ate a pizza slice with a fork while campaigning in NYC was to get media to pay some attention to his long - shot presidential bid.

Pataki has yet to formally rule out the US Senate race, but is widely believed to enjoy making money in the private sector and flirting with the possibility of a 2012 presidential bid.

The three - term incumbent lost his bid for renomination exactly six years after he was chosen as Al Gore's vice presidential running mate, marking a fall from grace among his fellow Democrats that came with brutal swiftness and signaled the growing strength of the antiwar movement inside the Democratic Party.

The year before Trump announced his presidential bid, the data firm already had found a high level of alienation among young, white Americans with a conservative bent.

With Republicans poised to make significant gains at the gubernatorial level this fall, Barbour will almost certainly emerge with momentum after the November elections — momentum that he may seek to channel into a presidential exploratory With Republicans poised to make significant gains at the gubernatorial level this fall, Barbour will almost certainly emerge with momentum after the November elections — momentum that he may seek to channel into a presidential exploratory with momentum after the November elections — momentum that he may seek to channel into a presidential exploratory bid.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, meanwhile, put himself into the national conversation with his announcement earlier this week that he would not seek a third term as governor and left the door to a potential presidential bid in 2012 wide open.

Echoing themes of Sen. Bernie Sanders» presidential campaign, actress Cynthia Nixon launched her bid Tuesday to become New York governor with a blistering attack on the incumbent, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, as a «fake Democrat» who favors «massive tax breaks» for the «super rich.»

McKeon is a partner in Mercury Public Affairs, a consulting firm with national offices that worked on John McCain's 2008 campaign, but also has members (including McKeon) who worked on Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid.

During a conference call with reporters about the snowstorm, the Democratic governor — who has been positioning himself for a possible presidential bid in 2020 — was asked about the possibility that the «Sex and the City» star would challenge him later this year.

A liberal - led push to overhaul the Electoral College could be moving from the op - ed pages to the courtroom, as Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard professor who flirted with a dark - horse Democratic presidential bid last year, vows litigation to change the system.

George Pataki, a Republican who served as Governor of New York from 1995 - 2006, launched his presidential bid this morning with a campaign announcement video touting (among other things) his leadership during the September 11 attacks.

Paperwork filed Tuesday with the state Board of Elections lists the former mayor as a delegate for the Ohio governor, who suspended his presidential bid on May 4.

Mr. Espaillat's first bid for Congress, for example, happened to coincide with a presidential election in the Dominican Republic.

The conservative firebrand is also planning to meet with several state lawmakers and other Republican activists amid reports that she is weighing a presidential bid.

As opposed to 2014, Cox sees a clear path for a Republican victory this year — with the governor's mounting scandals, his second - term swing to the left that has created resentment upstate, and his use of the race as a springboard for a presidential bid, which Cox said would rub voters the wrong way.

With a likely slam - dunk re-election bid later this year and a 2020 presidential run perhaps beckoning, Gillibrand had little to lose in voting «no» on a Senate resolution to end the 69 - hour shutdown.

Guinn will work with Denise Feriozzi, the group's deputy executive director, who will run independent expenditures supporting former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely presidential bid.