presidentiable

In addition to his cabinet post, Ocampo is what Filipinos call a "presidentiable" - meaning he wants to run for president in next year's elections.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

A FRIEND who showed up at the birthday celebration of Vice President Noli de Castro recently observed that for a 'presidentiable' it was too low-key and quiet.

WN.com - Articles related to Drilling lease gets Santa Fe Opera in hot water 2009

By Gerry Baldo 06/22/2009 The camp of "presidentiable" Sen. Manuel "Manny" Villar Jr. and an environmental group have both scored the government over its alleged plans to sell and privatize residual government bank expanding Reyes slams Recto for grandstanding Math and Jetti Megaworld to launch 5

WN.com - Business News 2009

It wasn't the big splashy programs that I thought made him more than "presidentiable" but the bureaucratic and policy changes that really affected day-to-day life: street lights and garbage collection issues.

The Mex Files 2009

By singling out each major presidentiable for snide remarks, she indirectly put herself in the ring with them.

Global Voices in English » Philippines: Reactions to the 9th State of the Nation Address 2009

Hillary Clinton is the most credible presidentiable with on her side

Rendell: 'Very unlikely' Clinton will win 2008

Tomorrow, at the big launch, we'll face the press and listen to speeches on freedom by Bayani Fernando (I know, I asked the same question, but I think the rationale is that he gave freedom to traffic or something silly like that), Raul Roco Jr (not the presidentiable but his son, my classmate in high school and college) and maybe the head of the Department of Trade & Industry or someone like that.

Archive 2004-02-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

In my handful of years as a businessman, I've been exposed to many situations where a quick buck could be made - if I took a nebulous shortcut, if I gave a percentage of my fee to a government fixer, if I showered certain people with gifts, if we got in bed with a certain murderous presidentiable.

Archive 2004-06-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

In my handful of years as a businessman, I've been exposed to many situations where a quick buck could be made - if I took a nebulous shortcut, if I gave a percentage of my fee to a government fixer, if I showered certain people with gifts, if we got in bed with a certain murderous presidentiable.

living in grey Dean Francis Alfar 2004

Not for the opposition but for chavistas themselves such as Diosdado Cabello who sees himself as 2012 presidentiable I do not think so but some people seem to believe he has presidential material.

02/26/2006 - 03/05/2006 2006