He was also attacked for his proposal to revive a stock transfer tax to help pay for education, a proposal that opponents characterized as anti-business.

Democratic opponents characterized it as plagiarism.

At a news conference today, opponents of Mr. Lee characterized his views as outside the "legal mainstream" on civil rights law.

Political opponents often characterise the SNP as populist, trying to win over every voter.

But opponents of the delay characterized it as an effort to avoid the sanctions as long as possible.

On the campaign trail, he has made many promises that opponents characterize as demagoguery.

Holland's opponents successfully characterised him as applying simplistic doctrines to complicated issues, and of failing to look at a problem from all sides.

Republican opponents characterized the measure as "line-item voodoo."

Everyone in Congress seems uninterested or terrified of saying something that an opponent might characterize as 'soft on crime' in a 30-second sound bite.