Critics, including Randal O'Toole, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian research organization in Washington, and an expert on urban growth and transportation issues, counter that growth along streetcar lines is dependent on public subsidy and of little use.
"The big difference between Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party and the ads Rick Lazio is running is each of our ads are based on substantive issues," countered Peter Kauffman, a spokesman for the state Democratic Party, which has run a set of attack ads on Mrs. Clinton's behalf.
As often happens with larger military operations, the Taliban quickly issued countering claims.
"We do get to the real issue," countered Mr. Biden, because police organizations favor restrictions on assault weapons so as not to be outgunned by criminals.
"Republicans will try but they're going to have a hard time" making use of the issue, countered Tovah Ravitz-Meehan Tovah Ravitz-Meehan, spokeswoman at the Democratic campaign committee.
Mr. Obama won the day by persuading a handful of senators that that the treaty's failure would undercut Russian cooperation on a range of future security issues, from countering Iran — on which Moscow has been increasingly helpful — to keeping supply lines open to Afghanistan.
Saudi Arabia has also allied with the US on regional issues, like countering Iran's ambitions.
As Bernie Sanders has shown in the US, anti-corruption and campaign finance reform are powerful issues for countering the grievances wielded by populists like Trump.
The US State Department appealed to Twitter earlier this week for help in solving the somewhat complex issue of countering violent extremism.
"There is much more openness now to discussing the issue and countering it," said Richard E. Lapchick, the director of the sports business management program at Central Florida.
