Sentence examples for overcome party from inspiring English sources

"If Greeks allow the new prime minister to work, if they overcome party politics … it can become a government of national salvation".

House Drops a Plan For Drilling in Alaska House Republican leaders, in an effort to overcome party opposition to a budget-cutting bill, dropped a plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling.

The conventions were often tense affairs, and sometimes multiple ballots were needed to overcome party divisions particularly at conventions of the Democratic Party, which required its presidential and vice presidential nominees to secure the support of two-thirds of the delegates (a rule that was abolished in 1936).

The incumbent chairman, Mike Duncan, who had been put into office by Mr. Bush, dropped out after the third ballot, acknowledging that he could not overcome party members' concerns that it would be a mistake to put before the American public someone with such close ties to an unpopular administration.

To overcome this party ineffectiveness, candidates turn to professional campaign managers to enhance their public images.

But could a modern-day Reagan, even with Ken Mehlman running his campaign, overcome the party's angry and antiquated image?

Those with swing seats, particularly Lib Dems who need to overcome their party's poor polling, are using the quiet time to woo constituents.

The sharp messages underscore the decreasing array of options facing Democrats as they try to overcome the party's declining standing.

The Mexican president hopes to use the presence of the international leaders to boost his failing credibility and overcome his party's weakness in the polls.

Already distracted by national elections next September, Germany could turn even more inward-looking as Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to overcome her party's defeat over the weekend in a down-to-the-wire state election in Lower Saxony.

Blair wants to be thought of as more than just a Labor leader who has overcome the party's reputation for chaotic management or a prime minister who used his power to become a competent custodian of the country.