Sentence examples for shrinking conservative from inspiring English sources

They're just a mish-mash of misunderstandings of a shrinking conservative minority about the import of the last election, the mood of the country now and our economic and budgetary needs going forward.

He needs to energize the Republican Party's increasingly white, older and shrinking conservative base, attract independent voters and make significant inroads with groups that include blacks and Latinos that have traditionally opted for Democratic candidates.

Venice and Genoa lost ground as international powers and remained subject to a shrinking, conservative patriciate.

In his statement, Mr. Cardoza thanked an array of politicians from both sides of the aisle, but offered special thanks to Blue Dog Democrats, the shrinking band of conservative Democrats in Congress.

That seemed a good bet too given Bush's dismal record on the war and the economy; a shrinking white, older, conservative base; and the spectacular growth of women, blacks, Latinos, and a changing age, gender and racial demographic that seemed to permanently roll the political dice in the Democrat's favor.

Take, for instance, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), hardly a shrinking violet among conservatives.

Privately, Mr. Obama has described himself, at times, as essentially a Blue Dog Democrat, referring to the shrinking caucus of fiscally conservative members of the party.

Ryan opposes any increase in taxation, and he is a social conservative who advocates shrinking the federal government by degrees unprecedented in recent history.

And Democrats similarly seem to be going to no great lengths to rescue vulnerable members of their shrinking Blue Dog caucus of conservative Democrats.

From Rand Paul to Grover Norquist, there's a broad constituency within the conservative movement for shrinking the national security state, either as a compromise necessary to keep domestic spending low or as an end unto itself.

He explained that what his plan would amount to, tactically speaking, is a way of achieving the conservative goal of shrinking government without allowing opponents to paint him as a right-wing zealot.