Sentence examples for disastrous candidate from inspiring English sources

But he is a disastrous candidate.

"A disastrous candidate can lose anywhere," said Mr. Law, the president of American Crossroads.

The one with the best chance, Governor Rick Perry of Texas, proved to be a disastrous candidate, making Mr. Romney's task relatively simple.

In ruling himself out for PM after elections, Mr Singh singled out his Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi as having "outstanding credentials", while berating Mr Modi as a "disastrous" candidate.

Brian Sandoval, the governor of Nevada, I think is a disastrous candidate as a national candidate.

With DSK out, the less-charismatic Aubry will be under pressure to announce her candidacy, if only to prevent another run by her rival Ségolène Royal, the disastrous Socialist candidate of 2007.

Palin, whose transformation from disastrous vice-presidential candidate to the best actress in US politics continues to baffle and amaze in equal measure, may be Alaska's most famous political export.

It occurred to me that such an admission would be disastrous for any candidate playing by the traditional rules of politics, and particularly for McCain's primary opponent, George W. Bush, who offered detailed domestic- and foreign-policy speeches after a series of heavily publicized tutorials, with an impressive array of policy experts.

There are candidates who refuse to speak to the press, candidates who back out of debates after a disastrous mishap, and candidates who continue to argue about the issue even after events are agreed upon.

For Democrats, conventional wisdom has always been that gun laws are an electoral Achilles heel; a disastrous proposition for candidates at the ballot box.

"Democrats are clearly pitching stories on these effective websites because they are worried about voters learning the truth about their candidates' disastrous records," argued NRCC spokeswoman Andrea Bozek.