Sentence examples for forceful candidate from inspiring English sources

A forceful candidate who stands for something wins respect, and going on the attack usually is an effective tactic.

Duceppe has been the most forceful candidate on the arms deal, raising it during campaign stops and the French-language debate last month.

Approaching the election for the Constituent Assembly, which would draw up Italy's new constitution, the church authorities resolved to select young and forceful candidates, such as Scalfaro, rather than the old Catholic notables who had dominated local politics.

In contrast, if a forceful female candidate opposes abortion, that objection does not apply, since it is a woman advocating a restriction of rights placed on her own gender.

Fiorina has been one of the most forceful Republican candidates in denouncing Planned Parenthood after heavily edited undercover videos were released supposedly showing Planned Parenthood staff discussing the provision of fetal tissue samples for research purposes.

Mr. Gore's impassioned delivery prompted several people in the audience to remark afterward that had he been as forceful as a candidate in 2000, he might have won.

Mr. Bush, on the other hand, has developed into a forceful and articulate candidate with what many voters believe are appealing leadership qualities.

The struggle for the position of the US secretary of state intensified on Friday with forceful lobbying from one candidate and reported calls from the Trump presidential team for the other to apologise publicly for campaign slights in return for the job.

Throughout the weeks of debate in Washington over the debt limit, Mrs. Bachmann was the most forceful of the presidential candidates in opposing any increase.

As he zipped across a large swath of Ohio this weekend, partly by coach bus, occasionally by the black S.U.V. that is the more customary mode of transport for Congressional leaders these days, Mr. Boehner made a succinct and forceful pitch for Republican candidates and for their view of America.

Like frustrated theater critics, the network commentators will invariably tell their audience which candidates were forceful or comfortable and which ones appeared nervous or unprepared.