So, the president is resorting to the old end-run. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2003] Reference
But these tribunals amounted to an end-run around Rasul. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Cohn: Guantanamo Detainees' Fate at Stake in Boumediene] Reference
I mean, I bet he'll make an end-run at your job, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's So Funny About Politics? - December 20, 2000] Reference
Starting to look like an end-run around the election itself. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Surrogate: We're Winning In "Real Virginia"] Reference
HRC is someone who found a way to sort of end-run that process. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Closer -- A Big Moment, Or Not Enough?] Reference
That's because there is no end-run, no way around the Establishment party. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy's First Genuine Bad Press Day Of 2008 Campaign -- Will More Follow?] Reference
There should be a commitment to abide by those decision, don't end-run it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000: Leon County Court Hears Dispute Over Florida Ballots - December 3, 2000] Reference
Let's perform a communal end-run around the usual secrecy and embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Kim: Talking About Menstruation] Reference
But We — Bill and Hillary — in a de facto end-run around the 22nd Amendment. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Feirstein: Bill Clinton, Nasty Man: Bruce Feirstein] Reference
I haven't heard him say he will not try to end-run the Supreme Court of Florida. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000: Leon County Court Hears Dispute Over Florida Ballots - December 3, 2000] Reference
Maybe you need to cover football to know when a quarterback is calling an end-run. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ross: Dick Cheney: Through the Cracked Moral Compass, Darkly] Reference
We're not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2008] Reference
But, Obama has a unique ability to end-run the media filter and use technology to make it stick. From Wordnik.com. [President Obama Versus the CW Machine, Round One] Reference
Obama supporters are satisfied at the collapse of what they see as an end-run around party rules. From Wordnik.com. [Disenfranchising Democrats] Reference
QUESTION: One other thing: You said you're going to make an end-run around Karzai (ph) and go to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2009] Reference
I thought it wasn't the executive's job to decide that Congress is wrong and then deliberately end-run it. From Wordnik.com. [Ian Welsh: I'm Sure There's a Difference Between the Bush/Paulson, Obama/Geithner Approaches to Bailouts] Reference
Indeed, this proposed biometric card is nothing more than an end-run around opposition to a national ID card. From Wordnik.com. [The National Biometric ID Card: The Mark of the Beast?] Reference
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski says, "I also strongly disagree with attempts to do an end-run around Congress ...". From Wordnik.com. [Carl Pope: It's Called Democracy] Reference
In part, he was angry over a government plan to extend the deadline for Manitoba in order to end-run the filibuster. From Wordnik.com. [Can This Marriage Be Saved?] Reference
So he decided to do an end-run around the political top brass by leaking the unclassified report to Fortune magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny Ausubel: The Real Yoda:The Pentagon Feels the Heat] Reference
Any politician who thinks he or she can pass health care initiatives with an end-run around the Senate is hopelessly naive. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
Proft pledged to form nontraditional coalitions around single issues, doing an end-run around the tired ways of Springfield. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Healy: Gubernatorial Gambit] Reference
I just wish that the Clinton campaign hadn't tried to end-run the system before any kind of reliable system was even in place. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign] Reference
We're short of cash, and I may have to leave Obama's end-run to the fat cats, but I'm very encouraged by Franken's recent surge. From Wordnik.com. [Upset On Horizon? Franken Surging Ahead In Minnesota Senate Race] Reference
He said he called Vitter for a comment, and the senator made an end-run to The Associated Press so he could control the situation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2007] Reference
Kennedy showed how to appeal to the masses to end-run the bosses who -- up until 1968 -- were still in charge of the political parties. From Wordnik.com. [Rfk's Last Campaign] Reference
But we have to remember the lesson plans that came out five days ago, which was an end-run by the White House to try and get around parents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2009] Reference
Was that seen in some circles, and do you think the intent was to do an end-run around the president to try to publicly campaign for what he wants?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009] Reference
J.R. is J.R., and those of you that know him know him as J.R. So I said, I'll do a, end-run around this and I will give the permission slip to J.R. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2001] Reference
And the fact that he has conspicuously played by the rules (and, yes, "played" the rules) is now to be held against his vast army of supporters so that Clinton can do an end-run?. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell: Isn't Popular Vote As Important As Pledged Del Count?] Reference
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