Word: hot-button
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...McCain are engaged in a neck-and-neck race for this Saturday's Republican presidential primary - it leaves him in a tricky position. He risks being seen as too cozy with Pat Robertson's ultra-conservative organization when he knows the coalition's positions on abortion and other hot-button social issues are unlikely to fly with many of the voters he needs to get elected come November...
...President Al Gore '69 has been strangely silent on this topic. Not that he bears the sole blame; he has had only one challenger and that challenger is losing ground fast. Gore has no desire to expend valuable political energy on this issue. After all, the environment is a hot-button topic that polarizes party radicals on both sides of the fence...
...General indifference to abortion at Harvard may reflect a growing trend in national politics. While the media has often identified abortion as the hot-button issue that divides the nation politically, Anna G. Greenberg, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, says the issue does not affect how people vote in presidential elections...
...time when campaign finance reform is a hot-button issue, with millions of Americans showing a desire for far-reaching modifications of the system, the Supreme Court appears to have approved at least some efforts at change. In a ruling Monday, the high court allowed the state of Missouri to maintain its six-year-old $1,000 cap on contributions to candidates in state races. Last year, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals found the limit unconstitutionally limited free speech because it hampered the ability of candidates to raise funds to promote their candidacies. It based its argument, in part...
...issue of council reform will likely prove to be a hot-button topic in this year's election...