The phrase "a conservative notes" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey that a conservative individual is making an observation or comment, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "A conservative notes that the recent policy changes may have unintended consequences for the economy."
Alternatives: "a conservative observes" or "a conservative remarks".
But Pope Francis has drawn a generally positive response from the secular world, even though he made it clear that the church still considered homosexuality a sin.(He has also struck a conservative note on the issue of women priests, saying the church had spoken and said no; but he said the role of women must not be confined to that of "altar girls" or the leadership of charities.
As Bruce Bartlett, a former conservative notes, "only 61.8percentt of national income went to compensation of employees in 2012, compared with 65.1percentt in 2001".
"I don't consider myself a rock-ribbed conservative," notes Ms. Mac Donald, who originally wrote about "the idiocies of academia and the art world," then found public policy more compelling.
She suggested Mr. DioGuardi was being hypocritical by claiming to be a fiscal conservative, noting that he voted twice to raise the national debt ceiling when he was in Congress.
It is nonetheless striking, each sidesays, that business interests seem to have lost out to environmental ones in most early big decisions, particularly when the administration has been sounding a distinctly conservative note on other issues, like tax cuts and labor.
Just a quarter of voters who have defected from the CDU want it to become more conservative, notes Manfred Güllner of Forsa, a pollster.
How many more times can Americans hear the phrase "Yes we can" without wondering whether they really want to? George Will, a conservative columnist, notes that Disraeli's gibe about Gladstone might well apply to Mr Obama he is "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity .Mr Obama may be ill-served by his hallelujah corner in the press.
Speaking at a rally of the faithful, Mr. Sarkozy struck "strongly conservative notes on immigration, Islam and protectionism," as my colleague Steven Erlanger reports, threatening to suspend French participation in the Schengen open-borders group and pushing for "Buy European" legislation.
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy, trailing in opinion polls six weeks before the election, gave a rousing address to some 50,000 supporters on Sunday, striking strongly conservative notes on immigration, Islam and protectionism.
PAGE A9 SARKOZY GIVES ROUSING TALK Trailing in opinion polls six weeks before the election, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, gave a rousing address to some 50,000 supporters on Sunday, striking strongly conservative notes on immigration, Islam and protectionism.
