Sentence examples for fire up the base from inspiring English sources

But perhaps it also didn't fire up the base enough?

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Republican candidates use "Obamacare" to fire up the base, promising to repeal the law.

On the campaign trail Republican candidates use "Obamacare" to fire up the base, promising to repeal the law.

The RNC chair has two main tasks besides raising money: to fire up the base and woo new voters; and the two are in tension.

Certainly the president does a lot to fire up the base, but Democrats have an enormous job to do if they hope to boost turnout.

Since we can't turn the clock back, we're looking on this as another chance to fire up the base, which we need to boost turnout.

The challenge in an election season that largely takes place in the form of 30-second advertisements and fire-up-the-base rallies is that rarely is anybody — candidate or voter — asked to explain his or her positions.

At least the Texan, who gamely fired up the base, managed to make Mr Perdue seem more politically moderate, and therefore more viable among swing voters.

Once elections were won, the issues that fired up the base almost always took a back seat to the economic concerns of the elite.

Motivation means firing up the base, with the goal of increasing turnout among people who were never going to vote for your opponent.

"Ryan has fired up the base," said Gruschow, after speaking to friends in the evangelical Christian community and the Tea Party who he said had been a little hesitant, a little concerned, about Romney.