1.   But he called this a desperation tactic.

2.   But Republican Senate aides joined Democrats in wondering why anyone had resorted to what looked like a desperation tactic.

3.   Growers now accuse the UFW of launching the strawberry campaign as a desperation tactic.

4.   The administration, meanwhile, described the amendment exempting small businesses from the minimum wage requirement as a desperation tactic to hold Republicans together on the issue.