Sentence examples for opponent viewed from inspiring English sources

Blagojevich told me privately that his opponent viewed him as "nothing more than one of the unclean, unwashed masses of the city".

His first encounter with Bonaparte was formal and unremarkable, for the First Consul, regarding Moreau as a military rival and political opponent, viewed the close associates of that general with suspicion.

But the economic forecasts have not been positive, and in the case of continued slow or stagnant economic growth, Professor Sides said, Mr. Obama's best hope then lies in changing the frame of the election, so that it is not a referendum on the economy, but a choice between a president viewed as moderate and an opponent viewed as too extreme.

Many opponents viewed his tactics as undemocratic blackmail.

Opponents viewed it as an attempt by the term-limited lawmaker to prolong his political career.

While they accepted Mr. Greenwald's offer, his opponents viewed the gesture as more expedient than generous.

Marshall's personal influence on legislation was a powerful aid to the Wilson administration, although some opponents viewed him as a dangerous radical.

Opponents viewed them as a government ploy to increase state revenue, and misleading slogans such as calling the fees a "rain tax" eventually resulted in a repeal of this legislation.

Maduro's response included a call for convocation of a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution, an action many of his opponents viewed as yet another authoritarian power grab.

Ms. Burkhart was a colleague and close friend of Dr. George R. Tiller, the clinic's proprietor, who was fatally shot in church by an anti-abortion advocate in 2009 and whom abortion opponents viewed as enemy No. 1 in part because he performed late-term abortions.

Opponents viewed Wallace as naive, a dreamer and a radical.