"As of now all the mood music suggests that they will manage to create an agreement."
VOA: standard.2010.05.10
The moodnow remains cautiously optimistic but the Germans, who like to downplay expectations ahead of summits, are saying the talks will be "difficult and divisive".
He thinks the moodnow feels more like 1982, when earlier efforts in Geneva to launch a new round came to nought because France blocked any serious discussion of agriculture.
First of all, there's a real mood right now in Alaska of disgust with the political class there, in particular the Republicans, who've been dominant in Alaska politics.