"It is about the 10 games, and understanding that there is going to be tough moments along the way.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"We're probably,it looks now, like we'll continue to bump along maybe even have some bad months and unemployment is not going to recover as it has in some past recessions."

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

"In bureaucratic terms it's going well." "The committees are working as along as the chapters are opened technocrats on both sides work very well, but in political terms, its idle,it is not going anywhere."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And there will be grumbling on the left if you want to get something done, but they ultimately need almost all of their party because they are going to get almost no Republicans to come along with them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28