But while Mr. Turner's competitiveness in the race has been seen as an indicator of deep consternation about Mr. Obama in a heavily Democratic district, the candidates' back-and-forth focused only minimally on the president.
But for all the back-and-forth focus on his years in the White House, Clinton did draw and captivate the crowd.
Rather, our attention rapidly fires, shifting back and forth between focuses; my focus was in front of me, not behind.
His strengthened international standing after America's Syrian back-and-forth worries a Germany focused on bringing East European nations like Ukraine and Moldova into association accords with the E.U.
Much of the back and forth Monday, however, focused on the alleged efforts to impede the FBI investigation.
The entire debate swills back and forth, losing focus.
But ManCrunch.com says it had the cash, and CBS was apparently willing to go back and forth with Focus on the Family until they come up with a script CBS could live with.
In the ensuing Twitter back-and-forth with multiple outraged interlocutors, I focused on defending the rational integrity of my case – without pausing to consider that it was badly marred by its lack of rhetorical integrity.
Although much of the attention on the race for mayor has focused on the back-and-forth among candidates, and on television advertising, this kind of low-budget Web attack, circulated through social media and search engines, can pose a challenge to candidates seeking to control their images in the public eye.
But perhaps Messenger could focus more on back-and-forth visual messaging over broadcast, and make Stories more a piece of your message threads rather than bolted to the top of the app.
Mr. Lazio's advisers said their polls found that that line of attack was undercutting his candidacy, particularly as it became the focus of the back-and-forth between the two candidates.
