Sentence examples for election liabilities from inspiring English sources

But I suspect that her trajectory might have looked more like Gingrich's — some time at the top of the polls, a big win here or there that led the press to briefly anoint her the frontrunner, but then a swift drop-off once the Republican electorate focused on her general election liabilities.

These victories, in her eyes and in the eyes of many of her aides, demonstrate that Obama is an empty suit weighed down with general election liabilities that are only coming to light at the close of the nomination process.

It's a potential general election liability as well.

This comes despite an exclusive poll in today's Observer which shows increasing discontent with Blair, suggesting that he may be a major election liability rather than asset.

Public support will grow over time, the system will become as ingrained and untouchable as Medicare and Medicaid, and this year's election liability will gradually become a campaign asset.

A poll last year showed that 61percentt of voters called Blair an "election liability".

Bryce's opponent in the Democratic primary, local school board member Cathy Myers, had warned that his errant behavior would become a general-election liability. .

Hence, his praise for Obama -- for a few hot minutes, before he realized it was an election year liability.

Ask Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey whether his weight is a political asset or an election-year liability, and he shrugs.

Yet doing nothing about it, or avoiding focusing on Russia's responsibility, could well be a re-election campaign liability for both the French and American presidents.

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's transaction with Enron cost the state $194.5 million, and the deal is increasingly becoming an election-year liability for Gov. John G. Rowland, whose appointees dominate the authority's board.