Still, the fact of the matter is that instead of pulling Democrats in the direction of reform, the Tea Party candidates themselves are moving in the direction of the status quo.
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And that really took health reform into a direction we don't think is ultimately good for America.
But even these qualifications do not undermine the basic direction of sensible reform: not to concentrate resources on countries with access to capital markets.
Lawmakers who ultimately vote on the draft are likely to adopt most of the revisions largely because they "lack a strong conceptual foundation concerning the direction of the reform, " Mr. Indri said.
"It seems like Mr Cameron is going to beat the rush because international consensus seems to be that reform is heading in the right direction and the way the west should engage with Myanmar is changing, " he said.
So it's possible that this election could have a paradoxical result: an electorate that voted for reform might be led in the opposite direction.
If the next presidency is to show true seriousness on reducing inequality as it has developed in recent generations in this country, a formal reform of the monetary system in the direction of permanent dollar stability will be required.
DPJ, is no longer about whether to reform Japan in a more market-friendly direction but how.
But they don't seem to agree on the pace of reform that is required - or its ultimate direction.
Another positive on the tax front is the inclination shown by the various commissions to move in the direction of supply-side tax reform by trading fewer deductions for lower rates.
While we can't underestimate the challenges we face, we also can't underestimate our capacity to overcome them--to summon that spirit of determination and optimism that has always defined us and move forward in a new direction to create new jobs, reform our financial system and fuel long-term economic growth.
Romney said Monday that he supported state-based solutions, noting the Supreme Court ruling in the Arizona case went in the other direction, and he promised broad immigration reform if elected president.
Similarly, the Senate halted the liberal direction of President Clinton's health care reform last year and was moving toward the moderate middle when it ran out of steam and time.
We are designing this to be flexible so that the long-term ownership structure can be adjusted to meet the goals and direction that policymakers may set forth for housing finance reform.
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She is worried that the "balance has shifted too far in the direction on cuts and not enough focus on getting welfare reform right".
The welfare reform legislation of the 1990s was a small step in the right direction because it eliminated a federal entitlement and shifted responsibility back to the state level.
Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who has been one of the primary foes of campaign finance reform, called the Ney-Wynn bill "a step in the right direction" and said the Shays-Meehan legislation was "fundamentally un-American" because it would limit what outside groups and political parties could say close to elections.
For there to be reform, for there to be simplification, we need to go in the opposite direction from where the tax law is currently trending.
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Fears about the direction of the Iranian government have intensified in the wake of the recent election and the reform candidate's failure to secure power.
In DC we see a battle without compromise, an education reform movement pushing the envelope harder than anywhere else, pushing the edge of the debate further in one direction than it has in the past.
Whereas Mr Schwarzenegger (to his credit) banged on about the need for reform, Michael Bloomberg, a super-rich businessman, could point to a city moving already in the right direction.
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