He doesn't want to be blamed for a Democratic defeat.

In this way, Clinton nationalized the city's election and magnified Democratic defeat.

Senator Bob Mellow said that her criticism of Mann was the major reason for the Democratic defeat.

Perhaps perceiving the implicit admission of a Democratic defeat, he backtracked when he talked of the need to eliminate budget and trade deficits.

This initiative was short lived and did not proceed following the Democratic Labour Party's defeat during the 1994 elections.

Now, in an effort to avoid accepting blame themselves, they blame President Clinton for the magnitude of the Democratic defeat.

When he quit the race, Senator Torricelli said he feared questions about his official conduct might lead to a Democratic defeat.

His Democratic primary defeat by Thomas Barnes, once a Hatcher supporter, ends an era.

Our current Presidential nominating process guarantees Democratic defeat.

His renunciation set the stage for Democratic defeat at the polls in 1968.