American liberals are still hoping for a late-inning rally.
Many liberals hope his arguments fail.
Democratic strategists have argued that this bill is the most that liberals can hope to pass.
Still, liberals hope to reshape the debate in the Senate to focus on reducing poverty rather than just the welfare caseload.
As the war ended liberals hoped that a new commitment to social reform would characterize the ensuing peace.
The liberals hope instead that their more academic discourse will plant the seeds of a more open system.
While liberals hope this is a temporary blip, conservative opponents anticipate a permanent shrinking of a bloated mass system.
Shafer says these results should give liberals hope.
The liberals once more hoped to hide their liberalism under the mantle of reverence for the historic constitution.
The liberals hoped to dissuade them from fighting "for monks, against liberty".