The most realistic situation could be is that potential challengers don't see the possibility of winning due to the campaign war chests that the incumbents build up.
Quotes about challengers (16 Quotes)
Coleman has been an ally of this community for many years in the Texas State Legislature. He now has challengers in the primary, and it's our responsibility to do the work necessary to ensure he wins the primary.
Steve Largent, 44, was one of the challengers to Rep. Dick Armey (Texas) for House majority leader. Largent had said he would like to develop a clear and concise ... less government, lower taxes and strong defense and respect of life.
The schedule speaks volumes -- he's persona non grata around the country, ... Challengers and incumbents can't be seen with him. But at the Capitol, he's a powerful force. This Congress is his domain. The interests he supports continue to reign.
E-mail has faced its challengers -- viruses, spam, regulations -- and emerged with its reputation bruised, but intact. Except among teens and young adults and inside certain fast-paced work environments, e-mail is staying ahead of instant messaging in terms of usage.
I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.
This is going to be a long campaign. From a challenger's standpoint, it's better to be ahead than behind, but we're not going to rest on our laurels.
DeLay is benefited by a short campaign season because his challengers are unknown.
It's become a huge Internet movement. On the flip side of that, because these people have been so aggressive and so active on the Internet, that has also mobilized those who feel differently than the book challengers do.
For those candidates, those challengers who choose to make the race about abortion only - on either side of that issue - I believe they will find they have trouble at the ballot. People will want to know what their positions are on other issues.
The midterm elections will be decided in places like Washington state and Michigan, not in Washington, D.C.. Our candidates will have a clear message and clear vision. That's not something you see from Democrats either in D.C. or from their challengers in the states.
They are ahead of us in the league for a reason, don't doubt that. But I feel we are serious challengers now. It is either us or Manchester United. There is only a few points between us.
Free TV time is not a new idea, and proponents of this idea know opposition would come from at least two places Almost any way you craft a free airtime system, you will tend to even up resources between incumbents and challengers and incumbents are smart enough to know that and smart enough to know ... what's in it for me Not a great deal, ... The broadcast industry has been always against it for obvious reasons having to do with their own bottom lines. They're not in the business of giving away airtime. They're in the business of selling it.
To break even only would have satisfied us. As one advisor said, it would be far better to invest (Challenger's operating costs) directly into social work and community projects.
We are getting good results against the top sides and not slipping up against the smaller ones. We are emerging as challengers for the title. There is still a big gap to reduce but, as the season goes on and we keep getting the results, our confidence will get bigger and bigger.
Our view is that the framework provides regulators with the ability to provide appropriate incentives to risky investment in infrastructure both to incumbents and challengers.