Good candidates will try to get more information out of you about the problem.

The Democratic candidates have tried to make the budget a campaign issue.

Instead, the three candidates tried to strike a deal among themselves.

Some candidates are trying harder than others to put issues on the table.

In the first stage, each candidate tried to put his best issues on the agenda.

"They are two unsuccessful candidates trying to make some kind of deal," he said.

Many Republican candidates are trying the same tactic again this year.

Not until the closing moments of the political season did a candidate even try.

This is the feeling state and Presidential candidates try to convey.

The candidate tries to keep his moment from slipping away.