Sentence examples for internal candidacy from inspiring English sources

The bigger problem for the administration, though not Rice herself, who was clearly doing some political spin work on the shows as she buffed up her own internal candidacy to replace Clinton, is that the talking points were altered as they made their way through the bureaucracy.

"We knew we had a good internal candidate, but what we felt we needed to do also was to conduct a national search to validate his candidacy," Athletic Director Eric Hyman said.

Former President Mohammad Khatami, the leader of Iran's movement for internal reform, has announced his candidacy in the June, 2009 presidential election.

So perhaps his Green Party candidacy has the internal logic of providing a refuge for liberal Democrats who feel betrayed by the party's drift to the center.

By Laura Secor February 10 , 2009Former President Mohammad Khatami, the leader of Iran's movement for internal reform, has announced his candidacy in the June, 2009 presidential election).

In an interview, Mr. Murphy said that the flurry of speculation about a return to Mr. McCain's circle — at a time when the McCain camp was showing new signs of internal strife — was endangering the candidacy of his friend and that he wanted to put an end to it.

Vincent said he felt that the ferocious opposition to his candidacy sprang from that internal disenchantment.

His candidacy is exposing its internal divisions, as the unifying sense of opposition to a secular dictatorship fades and various factions -- including two breakaway political parties and much of the group's youth -- move toward the political center.

And instead of demonstrating the group's growing power as Egypt's best-organized political movement, his candidacy is exposing its internal divisions, as the unifying sense of opposition to a secular dictatorship fades and various factions — including two breakaway political parties and much of the group's youth — move toward the political center.

In late 2005 Calderón decisively defeated Santiago Creel in internal party primaries to win the PAN candidacy.

The once impregnable Nationalists have been seriously weakened by charges of corruption and by an internal rift that produced Mr. Soong's breakaway candidacy and improves the chances of victory for Mr. Chen.