Sentence examples for experienced senators from inspiring English sources

People could sense it, even when the young, faster, less experienced Senators carried the play to the older, slower, more championship-tested Devils in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight in the Corel Center.

But younger lawmakers say they are being inspired to assert themselves, spurred in some respects by the success of President-elect Barack Obama, a first-term senator who this year battered the seniority system on his way to the White House, leapfrogging more experienced senators of both parties along the way.

Lindsay Graham, Thad Cochran, Pat Roberts, Mitch McConnell and Mike Enzi all solid, savvy, experienced Republican senators with sterling conservative records face tea-party primary challengers this year.

Despite the presence of an incumbent U.S. Senator on the ticket, and an experienced State Senator, Buckley garnered enough votes to force Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin into a runoff, and for Republicans and Democrats to seek the support of Libertarians for the tie-breaking vote nearly a month after Obama prevailed.

Republican conservative critics also have railed about Ms. Kagan's lack of judicial experience; Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona wondered whether, at 50, she might be too young.

Limited National Exposure and Experience Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico All four of these women were elected to their current positions for the first time in the Republican wave year of 2010, and all come from small or medium-size states.

Because that Clinton line was clearly intended to draw a contrast with Obama's less harried political experience, Senator Edward Kennedy, in endorsing Obama's candidacy, made a headline by saying of the postpartisan candidate, "I know he's ready to be president on Day 1".

But at the final moment, the accomplished and experienced former U.S. senator and secretary of State lost to a manifestly unqualified man with no political or governmental experience and a temperament ill-suited to the job.

Biden sounded like the knowledgeable and experienced six-term Senator he is and Palin sounded like the colossal airhead she is.

Yale University's Victoria Briscoll found that experienced and powerful male senators spoke more than their juniors on the Senate floor.

Most senators were experienced enough not to cross the line.