Sentence examples for democratic picking from inspiring English sources

And when Republicans serving middle-of-the-road constituencies step down, their seats can be ripe for Democratic picking.

Another 11 open seats are rated as "toss-up" or "lean Republican," meaning about half of GOP-held open seats are ripe for the Democratic picking in ways they otherwise might not be.

Democrats say the political climate is especially brutal for Republicans in New York, a heavily Democratic state where Democrats picked up three Republican-held seats in the 2006 elections.

But the ballots will be coded so that only Republican votes count toward selecting Republican delegates and only Democratic votes pick Democratic delegates.

In 2008, about 80percentt of Republican leaners went for GOP presidential nominee John McCain, while 90percentt of Democratic leaners picked Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

The website Real Clear Politics on Friday rated districts for Schilling, Buerkle, and Walsh as likely Democratic pick-ups.

The state GOP's executives are even rumoured to be contemplating resigning and endorsing Chris Coons, the democratic pick for the Senate.

Indeed the White House has continued to distance itself from Mr Paterson and has reportedly been encouraging him to step aside to allow Andrew Cuomo, the state attorney-general, to run as the democratic pick.

Among the Democratic picks, the most surprising may be Mr. Kerry, who tends to focus on foreign policy rather than fiscal issues; however, absent the passage of the budget amendment or the adoption of the committee's recommendations by Congress, large cuts to both discretionary spending and defense would automatically be triggered.

"If you don't live in the district, you don't vote there, your opinion doesn't matter very much," Steele said while assessing the intra-party strife that resulted in a Democratic pick up of a seat held by Republicans since the Civil War.

Total correct Democratic picks so far: 33 for 49.