But in an interview later, Councilman Jack Evans, another candidate, said he had raised the carpetbagger issue at other forums.

Mr. Hochbrueckner raised the "carpetbagger" issue in a telephone interview.

Speaking of local issues, the carpetbagger issue rankles me, too, but for different reasons.

She has managed to contain, if not totally defuse, the carpetbagger issue.

As for the carpetbagger issue, Mr. Moffett said private polls had shown a minority of voters concerned about it.

The ad, possibly the most positive negative commercial in the race, effectively addresses the carpetbagger issue and the perceived haughtiness of Mrs. Clinton.

She's got the carpetbagger issue.

Mrs. Clinton's announcement also immediately rallied her opponents, who for now at least seem to be focusing on the carpetbagger issue.

I do have some lingering problems with the carpetbagger issue.

Mr. Dawkins, who has lived in New Jersey for only about a year, will continue to face the "carpetbagger" issue.