With the financial markets in turmoil and the housing and mortgage crises predominant, his former primary critics and now the Democrats have questioned his economic background.
Barred by the constitution from running for reelection, he announced in 1999 that the PRI would, for the first time, hold a presidential primary; critics, however, charged that the vote was rigged.
The French government is one of the primary critics of that argument.
One of Sessions' primary critics at his Senate hearing three decades ago was Thomas Figures, a black assistant U.S. attorney who had previously worked for him.
Veteran dog breeders of the times were the primary critics of the novel, chastising Terhune's depiction of an unrealistically perfect collie that would mislead the public into believing such a dog could exist.
One of the primary criticisms given by critics was Trials HDs steep difficulty curve.
Subsequently, the PRI held its first presidential primary, which critics decried as fraudulent.
NARAL enthusiastically endorsed Clinton in the presidential primary, these critics noted, and it later approved of her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va)., despite his personal "pro-life" views and past support of some anti-abortion policies.
During Paul's 1996 congressional election campaign, and his 2008 and 2012 presidential primary campaigns, critics charged that some of the passages reflected racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic bigotry.
With unlimited individual and corporate funds already rocking the political world -- as unaccountable millions pour into the GOP primaries -- critics have focused their ire on the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which made it all possible.
