"The other thing that's stymieing Mitt Romney somewhat is the perception of the Republican Party, which has also suffered a little bit of a beating, " she said.
But United's play had become increasingly fractured as Wigan did a reasonable job of stymieing their opponents - and the home crowd fell silent as the first half wore on.
Google, for example, could soon be the subject of EU and US anti-trust investigations to determine if it is stymieing competition by illegally leveraging the vast power of its technologies and services -- a claim it denies.