Ms Ali, who tried to stand for the deputy leadership of the party but failed to gain the nominations, added that she believed the "immature, playground name calling needs to stop, and stop now".
Aside from recalling the group's quirky history — like naming Pia Zadora new star of the year in 1981 — such out-of-the-blue nominations added to the widely held belief that the press association is most interested in putting on a red carpet spectacle.
Indeed, the Murrays, Murdoch and Wilson won a court decision to have their nominations added to the AGM agenda, resulting in the meeting being delayed until 19 December.
The bounty of nominations add to the superstar's massive year. .
At a Heritage Foundation panel discussion on the Court's marriage ruling, Carrie Severino of the right-wing Judicial Crisis Network, declared, "The next president will likely have one, two, maybe three Supreme Court nominations," adding that the Court's Obergefell ruling "is not the final decision in this series...."....
Mr. Graham, one of the most vociferous and persistent critics of Mr. Hagel's nomination, added, "I'll just take him at his word unless something new comes along".
Sanders, an independent in the Senate before he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, added that he respected Wasserman Schultz, but said: "If elected president, she would not be reappointed chair of the DNC".
Mr. Graham, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, added, "Unless there is a change at the White House between now and the release day of this report, the American people will again be denied access to information that in my judgment they deserve to have".
The current frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination added that he wants to "test out" his views in court and that he would ultimately allow "good ones" to apply to return to the U.S. once all undocumented immigrants were deported.
Architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock described city hall as "one of Richardson's most Romanesque designs" and the building's NRHP nomination added: "Albany City Hall's banded arches, rhythmic fenestration, bold expression of materials and corner placement of the tower are characteristic features of Richardson's work often to be repeated by his followers".
His nomination adds some tension to the supporting actor category, where Christopher Plummer, another 82-year-old showbiz veteran receiving only his second Oscar nomination (for playing a gay dad in "Beginners"), was generally considered the front-runner.
