Plainly, there is no sign that it is losing its grip on region.José María Aznar's government in Madrid finds that intensely frustrating, particularly because he thinks the PNV is cynically opportunistic in refusing to endorse his more robust approach (which the PNV considers unsubtle and self-defeating) to terrorism.
However, in refusing to endorse Ryan, Trump was seen as thumbing his nose at Reince Priebus, the chair of the Republican National Committee and a leader who has gone out of his way to ensure that party elders treat Trump as a legitimate nominee.
One of the only other Republican senators to join Flake — who is, perhaps not incidentally, retiring after this term — in openly refusing to endorse Moore was Ben Sasse, of Nebraska, who said, "The Constitution is pretty dang clear about not having a religious litmus test".
Being a heavy smoker, he went to great lengths never to be photographed with a cigarette in his mouth, even refusing to endorse candy bars and other kinds of junk food, all the while trying to release his own sugar-free cereal "Ralston Purina Pee-wee Chow cereal", a project that died after a blind test.
The New York Times endorsed Wu for lieutenant governor in late August, after notably refusing to endorse Cuomo for governor.
The Congressional Black Caucus fell in line with the White House by refusing to endorse my Congressional act that condemned slavery in Sudan.
Trump further amplified the intra-party rancor in a Washington Post interview by refusing to endorse John McCain, the Arizona senator who is a decorated war hero and the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee.
Later, as if to drive home his point, the Democrat, Frank T. Caprio – miffed that Mr. Obama is refusing to endorse him in the governor's race – was a no-show when the president toured a local factory here, although he had an invitation from the White House to attend.
It also reveals that foreign governments are refusing to endorse any increase in capacity unless their airlines get access to Heathrow: "The Russian authorities have explicitly stated access to slots at Heathrow as a barrier to further liberalisation," says the paper.
Since Otto's death in 1980, the Anne Frank Estate has jealously guarded the rights to her story, refusing to endorse an ABC series about it in 2001.
Refusing to endorse Trump would have almost certainly made a speaker coup in January more likely.
