But some Democrats are reluctant to join in on the criticism of his record.

So I welcome his criticism of Obama's record on the environment, which is pretty lamentable.

Mr. Clinton used today's ceremony to make that point, and by extension to deflect criticism of his own Administration's record.

His actual words were that the Republican Party uses them "as kinds of human shields against any criticism of their record on civil rights."

Beijing bitterly resents even mild criticism of its human-rights record.

The president dismisses criticism of his record as political.

And she dismissed criticism of her record by the rivals in the Republican primary for governor.

O'Malley's prominence at the convention generated both support, and criticism of his record.

The commission's favorable recommendations appeared to be part of a general Soviet effort to reduce foreign criticism of its human-rights record.

The men had insisted they were innocent and had been framed to silence their criticism of the oil industry's environmental record.