The president withheld support in deference to Mr Chafee, who crossed party lines to endorse Mr Obama in 2008.11 29: He is not extremely liberal measured by voting record, but I think if you define "voice of the base" as "guy who makes liberals feel good every time he opens his mouth", then yeah, it'd probably be Al Franken.
He is one of the researchers associated with Voteview.com, which uses a model called DW-NOMINATE to measure legislators' liberal-conservative positions.
Though he founded the Conservative Party, Peel took the lead in developing a whole series of liberal measures in government, measures that characterized Liberal as well as Conservative politics in the 19th century.
Opponents of the savings account measure, mostly liberal Democrats, see it as a tax shelter for young, healthy and wealthy people and a potential trap for unwary workers.
Another factor was a coalition of advocates and religious leaders who gathered 112,000 petition signatures, enough to put on the ballot a measure more liberal than Mr. DiMasi's bill.
But the window may be closing on his long-term project to remake Canada in the Conservative image.In this section The political predator Memory is not history A charged campaign Desperate measures ReprintsA Liberal triumph would be a bitter blow for Mr Harper, who in his youth was a keen supporter of Pierre Trudeau, Justin's father.
Three studies (Ancin et al. 2010; Fleck et al. 2005; Strakowski et al. 2010) reported beta - a response criterion measure indicating liberal versus conservative responding to target stimuli.
But weren't those measures rather liberal?
"This constitutional amendment would change the scope of the First Amendment," said Cruz, pointing to past opposition to similar measures by liberal stalwarts like the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass).
And that by 21st-century standards, perhaps Flynn doesn't quite measure up as a liberal hero.
