Mrs. Clinton's press secretary, Howard Wolfson, seized on the poll findings that suggested most voters believed Mrs. Clinton was running a more issue-oriented campaign, maintaining that voters have repeatedly rewarded those kind of candidates.
Mr. Hope, an independent producer whose recent credits include "Adventureland" and "Towelhead," said the institute's work would be useful to filmmakers whose work is more issues-oriented than his.
("He called me Freddo!") The charm offensive seems to work even on Democrats, much to the consternation of their more issue-oriented aides, who regard their smitten bosses warily, suspecting some form of mind-meld.
Twenty or 25 years ago, political conversation tended to be a good deal more issues-oriented and much less partisan and much less personally bitter.
Ezra Reese, a member of the drafting committee of Public Citizen's Bright Lines Project, worried that some nonprofits might take advantage of rules supported by the ECFA to fund more issue-oriented ads.
Yes, there are instances when, even in Trump's more issue-oriented speeches, he reverts to his old ways and, thus, gives the follow-up panels discussion points as to why he spoiled what could have been a terrific speech.
On cable channels and elsewhere they are placing, in my view, too much emphasis on the rhetoric and not enough emphasis on "How would you build that wall?" "How would you round up 11 million people and send them out of the country?" Or in Hillary Clinton's case, "How do you change Obamacare without destroying it?" We're trying to do more issue-oriented stories.
The resulting "ad watches," combined with voters' increased disgust with attack ads, has resulted in cleaner, more issue-oriented ads today, Ms. Jamieson said.
There are more issue-oriented books for children over all, she added; books on the environment, man-made and otherwise, join titles about cerebral palsy, say, or cyber-bullying.
Most issues since have been similarly issue oriented.
Schwarzenegger was also more liberal and issue-oriented, had his own very real brand, and engaged more with the press.
