He says he is also worried by Mr Romney's anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage positions, but says Mr Obama hasn't done enough to build consensus but must try again.

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As it turns out, when a police patrol prevents a robbery on 125th Street on Tuesday night, opportunistic robbers don't just find other victims on 140th Street, or try again on Wednesday night.

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Among politicians who don't end up in jail, some try hard to become elected officials again.

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""We can ameliorate it and most importantly we can try and prevent it happening again but we can't eliminate all of it.

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"That is a valuable thing, because usually when you go back and try to find that sort of thing again, you can't do it, " he says.

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If he didn't think it was the best approach, he'd tell the team to try again.

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"We've got prepare as though Craig isn't going to be fit, we're going to try Shaun Batt up front again and Ben Wright has done very well, " he said.

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Murdoch will likely try the same trick to get DirecTV and NDS working together again but it won't be easy.

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"The fans haven't seen the best of me, I'd definitely like a chance to try and prove myself again and we'll have to see if that happens, " Rendell said.

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So last week, the council geared up to try again with its widely ignored letter to protesters explaining that under a 1980s law one can't "willfully obstruct" a public sidewalk.

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