be at the hustings
be on the hustings

Most are on the hustings, mindful that they have only 14 days to save their jobs.

But the Cabinet members' biggest role in the weeks ahead will be on the hustings, and plans are being drafted to direct their efforts at specific targets.

Mr. Gilman, his spokesman said, "would rather be on the hustings; he's down here and doesn't know what the other fellow is doing."

He is far more comfortable tending to Senate business on his terrace overlooking the Washington mall than he is on the hustings.

"They" usually meant "I." The Congressman mopped his brow with a red bandanna; no doubt a useful prop when he was on the hustings.

Hardly any of the 10 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination has been on the hustings longer than former Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.

The former Mayor of San Francisco has been on the hustings non-stop for three years - and that hectic, and often masterly, campaigning is sure to continue.

On one occasion, when the candidates were on the hustings, a stage was brought from Drury Lane, with four tailors seated at work, a live goose, and several cabbages.

Some of Mr. Skinner's remarks appeared to reflect his reputation as a team player who, in this case, was on the hustings pitching the Administration's most recent version of its political message on the economy.

More often, she is on the hustings, at ceremonies for all kinds of events, including charity drives for the handicapped, a particular interest because she is the founder of Very Special Arts, an American program.