Word: campaigning
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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Benzan said he plans to highlight economic concerns that he said Martha Coakley, Brown’s Democratic opponent, neglected in her campaign. He added that he wants to reach out to Democrats who did not go to the polls for Coakley, and said that he will emphasize his personal background throughout the campaign...
...example to children of what they’re capable of accomplishing. In the process of doing this campaign, I will inspire younger people to feel again that they can participate in the political process,” he added...
...Supreme Court recently voted 5-4 in favor of giving corporations and unions freedom to run campaign ads directly supporting candidates for public office. The reasoning behind the decision is that the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech extends to corporations and unions, meaning they should be able to use their resources at will to support their politician of choice. However, we believe that this decision is a blow to democracy, as the voice of corporations will continue to become unfairly loud in the political realm, drowning out the voices of individual citizens...
...party on a legislative agenda. Obama doesn't have that luxury. GOPers will not like much of what the President says - and they smell both blood in the water and victory in November's midterm elections. But Obama has to find some areas of common ground to renew his campaign pledge to reduce the partisan bitterness and lack of cooperation that has come to dominate Washington and the nation's politics...
...says Terrence Purasinghe, a senior lecturer at the Sri Jayawardenapura University in Colombo. "He will have to bring the minority Tamils into a position of political power, where they have some sense of control and not controlled by the center." Rajapaksa pledged to look at power sharing during the campaign, and Sri Lanka's Tamils are waiting to see whether those promises will be fulfilled. And the standoff outside the Cinnamon Lakeside suggests that the country's political turmoil may be far from over...